Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on
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About 16,000 words have succumbed to  pressures of the Internet age and lost their hyphens in a new  edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. The most asked for definition on Merriam-Webster&#39;s Web site is for a word that&#39;s not even in the dictionary.
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Boston - A four-letter term that came to symbolise the difference between old and new media during this year&#39;s presidential campaign tops United States dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster&#39;s list of the 10 words of the year.
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What's in a word? Maybe more than you think.
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Hoodies, wags, carbon footprints and muffin tops have entered the English language, according to the ninth edition of the Collins English Dictionary launched Monday.
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Writing standards among seven-year-olds in England fall slightly for the second year in a row.
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Eats, Shoots &amp; Leaves author comes, online Militant punctuation campaigner Lynne Truss, author of the splendid Eats, Shoots &amp; Leaves, is inviting concerned citizens to contribute outrages against the English language to her new website: www.lynnetruss.com.â¦
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Being English can be fraught with peril. Consider, for instance, the dilemma posed by peas.
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Found in the search marketing forums: Plural Forms of Nouns in AdWords; The Divide Between Search Engines and SEOs; AJAX Technology and SEO; and more.
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The proportion of 14-year-olds reaching the expected standard in English fell last year but by less than thought.
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The report on the failures in this year's English tests is highly critical.
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DETROIT - From wardrobe malfunctions to erectile dysfunction, it's been a tough year all around for the guardians of English - language purists from blue, red and battleground states who long to say "You're fired!" to offensive words and phrases.
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Why do some words evolve rapidly, while others hardly evolve at all?
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HOUSTON - That's one small word for astronaut Neil Armstrong, one giant revision for grammar sticklers everywhere.
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An errant "Akeelah" tchotchke needs a shot of Grammar Rock.
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Armed with a tape recorder and endless patience, Sharon Heffley has spent the last 17 years unraveling the knot of mispronunciations and garbled syllables common to many international professionals.
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The names of the characters have also changed.