It’s not just the British and Americans who are divided by a common language. Linguistic chasms also extend along India’s faultlines of class and culture, explaining why the word “maximum” appears to be a sticking point in the argument over Singur

The Beaumont Independent School District's Department of Continuing Education recently spent thousands of taxpayer dollars to lure adults into its Adult & Community Education program through use of a brochure boasting the benefits of continued education.

Never read a twiller? Having twissues with your twerminology? Welcome, then, to the unforgivable abuse of the English language that some call Twitterspeak. The trick, in most instances, is to take the first two letters of microblogging service Twitter

We're honored to present the third in a series of interviews introducing the reader to the people who run and manage the visa application process. This month's interview is with Charles J. Jess, Consular Officer and Renaissance Man.

Vocabulary is a word I rarely use. When I do, it is usually in the context of a word not in someone or other’s vocabulary, in an effort to define him or her. As in, “The word ‘hygiene’ is not in his vocabulary.”