Phrasal verbs are verbs with more than one word like 'wake up' and 'look forward to'. There are hundreds of them in English ...

As a linguist, I’ve lost count of how many times I have been asked what I think of the various language-learning apps. The truth is that I don’t use them. But of late I have been watching my daughter, ...

We have two new entries here, both present participles of verbs that might or might not exist. First is “efforting.” YourDictionary.com has one of the few online definitions, which consists entirely ...

Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...

New brain imaging research reveals that by 10 months old, infants are already beginning to understand verbs, before they even ...