A sentence is a group of words that include a subject and verb, and usually expresses one complete thought. ‘Selena lives on the new space station’ is an example of a sentence. Sentences are made up ...

We all have words and phrases that get under our skin. For me, I can’t stand the word ‘fluids.’ It paints a picture that I would rather not see. We often hear how the word ‘moist’ makes people feel ...

University linguistics lecturers have picked out the most obscure phrases in the English language, looking at the origins of the sayings, how they came about and how they are used today. The study ...

Almost 1,500 years after it was first recorded, the English language has its one millionth word. At 10.22am yesterday Web 2.0 - describing the next generation of internet services -entered the ...