English is a tricky language. Our “ph” sounds like “f” and our idioms often make zero sense. (The cat’s out of the bag? Who was keeping a cat in the bag?) Similarly, there are many common English ...

Fluency in a foreign language is often thought to be about speaking quickly and using advanced vocabulary. However, researchers reveal that speakers who use common, everyday expressions sound more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. English is a language rich with imagery, meaning and metaphor – and when we want to express ourselves we can draw upon a canon ...

It was only this past semester that I began presenting per week to my English language students 10 common American phrases we use in real-life conversation and small talk. It is rare to see any of ...

The digitisation of the world’s books reveals how the popularity of English words and phrases has evolved since the 16th century. And the database is now freely browsable online Last year, the Google ...