This is the best word to start Wordle with, according to a language researcher

David Sidhu, The Conversation

· Feb 01, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Codecracking and competition: Why the online world has fallen in love with the word puzzle Wordle

Erin Sebo, The Conversation

· Jan 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm

If you liked Netflix’s ‘The Chair’, read these four novels set in English departments

Lucas Thompson, The Conversation

· Nov 03, 2021 · 08:30 am

Debunked: Five myths about what standard English is – and what it isn’t

Willem Hollmann, The Conversation

· Oct 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Watch: ‘Neighbourhood Teacher’ shows how language and words reveal casteist mentality

Scroll Staff

· Oct 11, 2020 · 05:27 pm

Grammar Nazis can cede the high ground. These five grammatical ‘errors’ are not errors at all

Michelle Sheehan, The Conversation

· Mar 16, 2020 · 05:30 pm

The irony in misusing the word ‘irony’ is growing, and endangering its real meaning

Roger J Kreuz, The Conversation

· Feb 27, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Five common English words we may all be using incorrectly (because mistakes are perpetuated)

Simon Horobin, The Conversation

· Oct 31, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How two young global desis learnt to make English their own language in India

Kalpana Mohan

· Oct 03, 2019 · 07:30 am

Merriam-Webster adds non-binary pronoun ‘they’ to the dictionary

Scroll Staff

· Sep 18, 2019 · 02:18 pm

Millennialspeak: ‘Like’ is not a lazy linguistic filler. The word has, like, a grammar of its own

Rebecca Woods, The Conversation

· Aug 25, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Wimmen, meen and greeve: How Noah Webster tried to create a truly American English dictionary

Peter Martin, Aeon

· Jun 27, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Linguists have identified the weirdest languages – and English is one of them

Adam Schembri, The Conversation

· Apr 20, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Watch: This social experiment suggests many Indians think better of those who speak English well

Scroll Staff

· Aug 20, 2018 · 05:00 pm

Watch: Mumbai residents were asked what they think about English. Some answers were surprising

Scroll Staff

· Feb 27, 2018 · 05:00 pm

Is the river male or female? How gendered language shapes the way we see the world

Ella Tennant, The Conversation

· Dec 01, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Is American English going to take over British English completely?

Paul Baker, The Conversation

· Nov 14, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Regional language internet usage is where the real growth will be in India

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· May 03, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Watch: How 'flavour' and 'centre' became 'flavor' and 'center', thanks to a man named Noah Webster

Scroll Staff

· Oct 11, 2016 · 06:00 pm

Beware the bad big wolf: Why you need to put your adjectives in the right order

Simon Horobin, The Conversation

· Sep 08, 2016 · 11:30 pm