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Making English the official US language can’t erase the fact that...

Daniel J. Olson, Purdue University English should be the official language of the United States, says a new executive...
Did your head literally explode? No, but you can say it did. John Lund/Stone via Getty Images

Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay:...

Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno Few words so rile language purists as the use of the adverb...

Why some people talk very fast and others … take …...

Michelle Devereaux, Kennesaw State University and Chris C. Palmer, Kennesaw State University Pop culture abounds with examples of very...

Curious Kids: Why do we say ‘OK’?

Elly van Gelderen, Arizona State University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...

How Swedish children learn English through gaming

By Pia Sundqvist, Karlstads University and Liss Kerstin Sylvén, University of Gothenburg, Sweden An hour of homework or an hour of World of Warcraft? It’s...

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