CHICAGO (Reuters) - Irregular verbs are the bane of any effort to learn English, but new research looking at how language evolves suggests frequent use keeps pesky irregular verbs like "take" from ...

Some of the most common verbs found in business conversation, and especially on meeting agendas, are what I call “Treadmill Verbs.” These words invite people to talk without purpose. Like being on a ...

Use the verbs that will inspire recruiters and hiring managers to pick up the phone to schedule an interview. Think of your work history as a string of verbs. Any history, after all, encompasses a ...

Go mbeannaí Dia daoibh agus bhur gcéad míle fáilte isteach chuig the Bluffer’s Guide to Irish. Last week we look at the irregular verb faigh to get but because in English we use the word in all kinds ...

Most young learners of English are unsure as to what kind of language they are supposed to write. Should strong and impressive words be constantly and consciously added for a grandiloquent effect? Or ...

Tracing the evolution of English verbs over 1,200 years -- from the Old English of “Beowulf” to the modern English of “The Princess Diaries” -- researchers have found that the majority of irregular ...

Extracts from ‘A Wonderland of Words: Around the Word in 101 Essays’ by Shashi Tharoor. This extract is from the chapter Trademarks in Language One of the signs of our times is how many words we ...

English is a confusing language for many reasons. But the irregular verbs might be the most confusing part. Why is “told” the past tense of “tell” but “smold” isn’t the past tense of “smell”? It turns ...

CHICAGO, Oct 11 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Irregular verbs are the bane of any effort to learn English, but new research looking at how language evolves suggests ...