Grammar is what gives sense to language .... sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And the business of the study of sentences is grammar.

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project.

Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.