Its basic sense, going back many centuries, is “obtain” or “acquire,” with a direct object, as in get a job or get a haircut.

You may recall from elementary school that “who” is a subject pronoun used for the person performing an action, while “whom” ...

“Va-va-voom", is a way to describe people, objects, or events that are exciting, attractive, or glamorous, noting its ...

Each generation has its differences, so it's only natural that there are some things younger generations always say that ...

I must have missed class when my Junior High English teachers went over different forms of poetry. Maybe you did too, so here ...

For this reason, having a CV as sharp as a cactus is imperative. This key document is often the first impression prospective ...

A polyglot is someone who can communicate fluently in multiple languages, a skill acquired through various means like travel ...

Hate speech in the media is produced not only through explicit expressions of hostility but also through more implicit and ...

As todays Word of the Day, sesquipedalian reminds us that language is elastic. It can be stretched, compressed, embellished or stripped bare.

Quintessential (adjective) describes something that is the most perfect or typical example of a particular quality or class ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shane O'Neill of The Washington Post about the word "aesthetic" and its evolution from art criticism and design theory to online speak and the White House. So yesterday, ...

The five patterns illustrated below provide the basis for all other sentence structures: that is, other kinds of sentences are transformations of these basic patterns. Though the above sentences are ...