Rabbi Richard Hammerman of Caldwell, N.J., writes about my column of May 4, in which I said it was “pleasanter” to contemplate the origins of the expression “finger-lickin’ good” than it was to ...

Babak Bagheri studying English in Canada writes: As you know, two-syllable adjectives ending in -y take the suffixes-ier and -iest for their comparitive and superlative forms. But what do you do when ...

In this lesson, Scott explains the importance of comparing language and how it can make our writing more interesting. Hello I'm Scott. Today I'm going to show you some language around making ...

Kim from South Korea writes: In a BBC article on a business news web page, a journalist wrote: "The emerging markets that investors can easily put money into seem a lot more risky than they did." ...

The water in the pool was colder than I expected it to be on what was the hottest day of the year. They always go to the most expensive restaurants where you can see the most glamorous people in the ...