Discover the key differences between American English and British English in spelling, vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar ...

For many Americans, spelling bees are a part of growing up in the United States. The challenge is obvious. From the moment kids begin to learn to read, there are clear differences between how words ...

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George Bernard Shaw, a member of the Simplified Spelling Soesiety The English language is notorious for complex spelling rules-and the many words that break them. We all know i comes before e, except, ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has years of history behind it. While a lot has changed in the last couple of decades — with more challenging rounds and even better spellers — one thing has stayed ...

Take a look at the following English words: butcher, squirrel, mortgage, and choir. Does something seem off about them? At one point in time, the words move and love rhymed. So did blood, good, and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of ...

“But here’s the thing,” wrote David Shariatmadari in The Guardian a couple of weeks ago. “English orthography makes no sense.” No sense? I know it is exaggeration for the sake of humor (no quibble ...

Anyone in the annual national spelling bee will get these words right, but plenty of mere mortals definitely don’t. Anyone in the annual national spelling bee will get these words right, but plenty of ...

Tear in eye your dress you’ll tear. So shall I! Oh, hear my prayer, Pray, console your loving poet, Make my coat look new, dear, sew it? Just compare heart, beard and heard, Dies and diet, lord and ...