It's a wild grammatical moose chase. Rebecca C. Photography The English language doesn’t always abide by its own rules. It’s a giant melting pot of etymologies, sourcing itself from all over the world ...

Think you know your plurals? From everyday words like “tomato” to tricky Latin and Greek forms like “nucleus” and “appendix,” this 25-question quiz will put your grammar skills to the ultimate test.

Could it be that these are animals that were hunted, fished, or herded and that there was a convention that used the singular as a sort of generic plural when going after these creatures for sport or ...

Usually English plurals are pretty easy. Just add s: one dog, two dogs. We know some plurals don't use s: children, deer. There are some nouns that we seem to use only in the plural: thanks, ...

Here's a rule about singular and plural forms that is useful to know when talking about different types of fish. Let's find out more below! There are two plural forms for the word 'fish': 'fish' and ...

One morning earlier this week I was able to spend about 10 minutes with a university professor who teaches English composition to freshmen students. It wasn't lost on me that I haven't listened to an ...

Take our English quiz and find out if you know the plurals of these tricky words. Is the word 'sheep' singular or plural? What is the plural form of 'information'? While you can derive the plurals of ...

The usual way to modify a noun in English is to put an adjective before the noun: nice view, tasty treat, hot day. But every once in a while, we put the adjective after the noun. Often this is because ...

The English language doesn’t always abide by its own rules. It’s a giant melting pot of etymologies, sourcing itself from all over the world. The perplexing silent letters in words like “tsunami” and ...