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What Is Correct English?

What Is Correct English?

When someone asks, “What is correct English?”, many people view it as a rigid set of 18th century grammar rules. Linguists define it as standard English, which is used in professional, academic, and governmental settings. More importantly, the correctness...
Why Is Leicester Spelled ‘Leicester’?

Why Is Leicester Spelled ‘Leicester’?

Imagine the confusion when Leicester City Football Club famously won the Premier League for the first time. Around the world, people were cheering for “Lay-kes-terr” or “Lie-chess-ter,” unaware that locals simply say Lester. Now the question is, “Why is Leicester...
An Introduction to Universal Grammar

An Introduction to Universal Grammar

Universal Grammar (UG) is the controversial idea that language is a universal, evolved and specific capacity for learning and arranging grammatical constructions, hard-wired into our brains. Under UG the ability for human beings to learn language is specific, in that...