The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

Learning a new language is hard enough at the best of times, but now you have to worry about accidentally offending local ...

"It’s time for '6-7' to be 86’ed,” says a person who submitted the popular phrase to be banished in 2026.

Do you know how to use do up, do over, or do without? In this lesson, Claire teaches six of the most common English phrasal verbs with “do,” using easy examples you’ll remember. Learn what they mean, ...

That's not a slap at Lake State, its 1,600 students or either of its mascots, Seamore the Sea Duck and Fog Horn the Sailor. Rather, it's a salute to a long-gone publicist and a promotional idea that ...

That's not a slap at Lake State, its 1,600 students or either of its mascots, Seamore the Sea Duck and Fog Horn the Sailor. Rather, it's a salute to a long-gone publicist and a promotional idea that ...

Now that we’re all out of English class, you might be asking yourself: do I still have to follow all of those strict grammar rules? The answer is “no.” We’re splitting infinitives, running amok with ...

From 6-7 to 'cooked' to 'my bad,' here's the 50th annual list of banished words and phrases from Lake Superior State University.