Do you know how to use do up, do over, or do without? In this lesson, Claire teaches six of the most common English phrasal ...

Every year, Lake Superior State University in Michigan releases a playful but pointed roundup of words and phrases people are ...

How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more here.

Saturday was my social-media break, so it wasn't until Sunday that I could share my thoughts on what happened in Venezuela, ...

The Michigan university’s 50th annual Banished Words List, a tongue-in-cheek commentary on language, catchphrases, and corporate jargon, stems from more than 1,400 submissions from all 50 U.S. states, ...

It’s time for a golden anniversary. Celebrating five decades of linguistic commentary, Lake Superior State University ...

At least according to Lake Superior State University’s annual Banished Words List. The school in the Upper Peninsula released ...

There are a few basic rules regarding the use of infinitives and gerunds. Infinitives and gerunds are noun forms. If used before the main verb, they are the subject of the verb; after the main verb, ...

6-7. Every generation has had its nonsensical phrase that annoys the “adults,” and 6-7 is no different. LSSU quipped in the press release, “The volume of submissions for this one could have taken up ...

It’s a common experience for bookworms: You buy a new novel or nonfiction title and place it on your shelf or nightstand, but then you don’t actually read it. Instead, that book joins a growing pile ...

While seemingly innocuous, this one word regularly finds its way into profiles and causes measurable damage to the fairness and accuracy of job evaluation outcomes. This article - part 1 of a ...