Collective nouns are quaint and expressive, often bizarre. Here's an overview of how they originated and how they are used in modern English

Camping, campaign, champagne, and champignons all derive from the same etymological place, but it doesn’t stop there...

Do you know the difference between "What are you doing?" and "What do you do?" This is a guide: present simple vs present continuous tense

Learn the etymology behind some animal words. Some are surprising, at least one can be debunked and a couple stump even the experts

English is a Germanic language, right? Yes, but... it's more complicated than that. Read a brief summary of the origins of English

Singing carols, eating turkey and mince pies, decorating the tree with tinsel... Where do these words come from? Find out here

FYI, RSVP is not an acronym, it's an initialism. LOL, however, appears to be making the change. Are you confident to tell which is which?

Question tags are tricky in English, aren't they? Some great news: They are dead easy in other languages ¿no? Read on for reassurance

Can you find a link between the pics, or as Dr Spooner might have said, a pink between the licks?

Have you ever despaired at the rapidity with which Spanish people seem to jabber? Well, it's an accurate observation. Here's the reason