Nouns are by far the largest category of words in English. They signify all kinds of physical things both living and inanimate. They also signify imagined things like ‘a ghost’; and ideas or ...

They must agree with each other, not violate the grammar code. In addition to agreeing, they may have to exhibit ...

In my last column, I objected to an opinion columnist's use of the word "shambolic," when either "chaotic" or "disorganized" would not chase a reader to the dictionary. In response, a high school ...

ONE major word-formation process in English is to use the noun itself as a verb to express the action conveyed or implied by the noun, but without changing in any way the form of the noun. This direct ...

The Lushootseed language of Washington State takes this concept beyond mere names, such that some specialists think it doesn’t have nouns at all, just verbs: The word for “coyote” is the ...

How to pronounce words beginning with 'c' Business jargon British and American English Pronouncing verbs and nouns Words with double letters Hyphenation Time expressions Uncountable nouns Spoken ...

This direct noun-to-verb conversion or "nerbing ... orphan until she reached legal age." A bonus in both cases is that aside ...

ONE major word-formation process in English is to use the noun itself as a verb to express the action conveyed or implied by the noun, doing this without changing the form of the noun in any way. This ...