The place is a tourist hotel in the South. An American tourist asks the receptionist, “Where’s the elevator?” After some hesitation, the receptionist replies, “Sir, the lift is over there.” It is not ...

Governments are elected in Sri Lanka with massive majorities, and huge expectations, due to protest votes against failed ...

After October 7, that phrase mutated again. “Never again is now”, sharpened by Nancy Faeser on the 85th anniversary of ...

Diagnostic labels can protect people from gratuitous blame, but they can also tempt institutions to see the label rather than ...

An irregular plural in this library is defined as a noun that cannot be made plural by applying these rules: If the noun ends in an "s", "x", "z", "ch" or "sh", add ...

A funny thing about Athens that only geography, history, and linguistic buffs would notice is that its very name holds a clue to its origins. In Ancient Greek, the city’s name was written as “Athenai” ...

Lots of languages have distinct plural forms for you. When talking to more than one person, the French use vous; the Italians, voi; the Spanish, ustedes; and the Germans, ihr. Wouldn't it be useful if ...

If you were to send my family a letter, you’d have no problem writing out the envelope. My surname is Andersen, so the etiquette rules for writing a plural last name are pretty simple: Just add s! But ...

Ah, the dog days of summer. Hot, humid days, sultry nights, and very little Apple news as we are left to wait for the fall to bring new iPhones. While we certainly will be able to talk about the ...

This is the content creation era. As days roll by, more people get involved in the adventure. As a result, the word ‘content’ seems to have become more recurrent than ever. In the process, the way it ...