I am in complete sympathy with Ellen Jovin and her confounding prickly participles and commas, (”Confounding commas, prickly participles,” Ideas, July 24). It seems as though hardly anyone has command ...

2001-07-29 04:00:00 PDT Singapore-- Wah! Government say Singlish no good, must learn how to speak proper English. It a bit the difficult. How can? In their latest initiative to perfect society, ...

Regarding Joan Webber’s recent letter on participles and commas, wherein she claims that people misuse “existential,” she is plainly mistaken (”Prickly participles? Speaking proper English is ...

English was not my best subject in school. Compared to science, social studies and math, the study of our native tongue lagged far behind. Learning how the parts of speech interacted, when to use ...

What do Southern rappers, Indian movie stars and terrorists have in common? They’ve all had a part in contributing new words to the Merriam-Webster and the Concise Oxford English dictionaries. Crunk, ...

For many people considering a move overseas, one of the biggest barriers they face is the language barrier. They may not feel able to master a new language… not have time to… or simply not want to… ...

I’m a Spanish court interpreter in Santa Bárbara, California; I’ve also worked in Los Angeles courts. I just read your most recent column regarding the promotion of the learning and practicing of ...