We consistently find people who decry change and fear it will bring about the demise of English as we know it. But it’s totally harmless and offers us a window on the complex system that underlies our knowledge of language.
The Corpus of Historical American English is making it easier than ever to discover subtleties of American usage.
Only three percent of everything published in the U.S. each year is translated from another language—and the majority of that is computer manuals and other technical material. Why don’t Americans read beyond their borders?
"We" say "we" all the time, even though it's not really what "we" mean.
Full-time, tenure-track professorships in the humanities are famously scarce. But that's not a reason to avoid an advanced degree. Even if you don't end up in academia, odds are you'll have a job—and you'll love it.
If we eliminate apostrophes from language, what will happen to all the people with the tiny marks in their names?
