I have received some interesting feedback following my pre-Christmas columns about the annoying misuse of certain words, as well ...

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The story on this page has some tougher vocabulary words and questions to improve your understanding and English grammar.

The former home of Dorset dialect poet William Barnes has gone on the market - with a price tag of £2.75 million. The Grade II* listed Old Came Rectory is said to be an important part of Dorchester's ...

Students undertaking English and Linguistics at Queen’s explore literatures in English in the widest possible sense. From the earliest writings in Anglo-Saxon to contemporary Irish, British, and ...