Expand your English vocabulary with this quick lesson! Learn words like "versatile," "exuberant," and more to enhance your ...

English is a quirky, often confusing language that's been shaped and influenced by many others. As such, it has a massive variety of words—but here are some we think rise above the crowd and deserve ...

English has more words than most other languages, but there are still gaps. English has more words than most other languages, but there are still so many familiar things and experiences that we don't ...

Anne Curzan is the Geneva Smitherman collegiate professor of English and linguistics at the University of Michigan, where she is also dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. I do not ...

Of course, it's impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use, pretty much constantly. But what's an approximate ...