History & Linguistics

You may know which letters are consonants and which aren’t, but do you know what their defining features are? This blog post will go over what makes a letter a consonant and provide examples for each one.

Are you familiar with antonyms? Below, we’ll go over examples of antonyms, the different types, and what purpose they serve.

Homophones, homographs, and homonyms: We’ll tell you what these words mean and provide examples of each.

National Thesaurus Day is January 18, so we wanted to share its interesting history and explain its importance when it comes to writing well.

Because of the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, we use new words. We’ll show you the spelling of the variants, the vaccines, etc.

Recently, we celebrated the European Day of Languages. How many foreign words are part of the English lexicon, and where do they come from?

The spelling and usage of the verbs “to expedite” and “to expediate” are similar. But why are there two words for the same thing?