There are many simple words in the English language that are hard for foreign speakers to master. For some people learning the language, it's extremely difficult to nail down relatively simple ...

There are many simple words in the English language that are hard for foreign speakers to master. That's because English words often have several different meanings and can be difficult to pronounce.

That was the thinking of an eccentric British writer named C.K. Ogden, who in the 1930s proposed a new form of English with a vocabulary of just 850 words. He called the project Basic English, and ...

How well can you fare without autocorrect, relying purely on your mastery of the English language? Keep reading to test your knowledge of these 30 simple words that are often misspelled.

All words had to start somewhere—but sometimes, after much searching and analyzing, no satisfying origin explanation can be found.