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The Oxford English Dictionary For more than a century, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has been considered the most authoritative of...

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Shakespeare, parlour games and kids – the history of knock-knock jokes Guaranteed to inspire many giggles, knock-knock jokes are firm...

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Are there any English speaking EU countries? Until the 1990s, French was the dominant language of the EU. But new countries continued to...

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The problem with English plurals English grammar is complex, contradictory and downright confusing! There are many aspects of the...

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English is a very difficult language to master. So difficult that most native speakers struggle to remain grammatically correct or to...