Words with the letters 'ed' at the end are usually regular past tense verbs like 'started' or adjectives like ‘confused’. The pronunciation of 'ed' can change depending on which sound comes before it ...

What you see is pinyin, literally 'spell out the sound'. It's a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms, used in mainland China for Mandarin, a.k.a. putonghua.

Readers Say Readers judge Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Jimmy Fallon’s Mass. town pronunciations A majority of respondents said their hometown passed the test — but Quincy (and a few other classics) ...

The English language is full of words that seem overstuffed with unnecessary letters, feel like they should be spelled a different way, or just don't make sense. Here are some of our favorites, ...

I held an impossibly tiny pendant in my hand, the face as small as my thumbnail. Within the silver bezel was an entire mosaic world – tiny pieces of colourful stone creating the tree of life, with ...