Sentences with greater linguistic complexity are most likely to fire up a key brain language processing center, according to a study that employed an artificial language network. With help from an ...

The length of a sentence isn’t what makes it hard to understand— it’s how long you have to wait for a phrase to be completed. When you’re reading a sentence, you don’t understand it word by word, but ...

The English language can be so confusing. As a copy editor, my task is to correct mistakes in grammar and style. Does this make me an expert? Definitely not. I recently came across a post that one of ...

How does the brain turn seemingly random sounds and letters into sentences with clear meaning? Recent findings suggest that, as we read or have a conversation, our brains are continuously trying to ...

These so-called garden path sentences will make you rip your hair out. Why are they so frustrating? You’ll see. Think you have a good grasp of English? Good. Let’s play a little game. Below are seven ...