It’s so often the case in the English language that two words sound similar, or have similar meanings, to the point where even skilled native speakers use one when they mean the other. And while there ...

A user on Twitter asked me recently about the difference between "affect" and "effect." Specifically, she wanted to know which to use in the phrase "the affect/effect of celebrity endorsements." The ...

Researchers have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics. It had been widely accepted since the 1950s that global temperature rises were not consistent ...