“Whom” is having a rough couple of centuries. The object pronoun beloved by fans of proper English seems to be less popular than ever. And I don’t just mean in casual speech. I mean in published ...

Western Cape High Court judges have been grappling with the "p-word". Their review of a domestic violence order breach found that the man used the p-word as an adjective, not as a noun or a verb. They ...

When we write things down it's important to keep things nice and clear, so it's easy to read. Sentences help us give an order, ask a question, state a fact or express an emotion or idea. Words are the ...

Today's word of the day is "obdurate," an adjective describing someone stubbornly resistant to persuasion or emotional appeals. Originating from the Latin "obdurare" meaning "to harden," it entered ...