The English lexicon includes some terms known as "proper words," which today apparently exist only in English. Cognates for them cannot be found in any other language. These are very simple and common ...

English has earned a reputation for being unusually difficult, and the words on this list help explain why. Over centuries of Old English roots, French influence, shifting pronunciation, and everyday ...

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The first indigenous people encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 are not always widely recognized. Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto Rico’s ...

English has many words that can have different meanings depending on how they are used. Some words have only a few meanings while others can be used in hundreds of different ways. Set is the English ...