Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Language Corner aims to inform and entertain, and often discusses words and phrases in the news. Donald Trump insists he won the ...

Prepositions — connecting words such as to, from, and of — are basic bits of language with clear meaning and function. Right? After all, one of the quickest ways to know someone isn't a native speaker ...

The English language is famously tricky, featuring numerous words that sound alike but belong to completely different grammatical categories. Among the most frequent culprits leading to awkward ...

Sanjay Khumar Bhola from India asks: I often confuse the difference between beside and besides. Please clear up my confusion. It is quite important not to confuse them, for they are different in ...

Today I am bringing you another of my occasional lessons in our ongoing educational series, "English as a Third, Fourth or Fifth Language". This time round, we are going to look at the way the English ...