But it is not always necessary to use a time expression: 'going to' refers to an unspecified time in the future. I'm going to ...

This video teaches ten powerful phrasal verbs that each have multiple meanings, depending on context. You’ll learn how to ...

Explore the evolutionary dynamics of language through verb changes seen from Old English to modern times. Discover the future of irregular verbs. This article is reposted from the old Wordpress ...

The future tense in French can be expressed using the present tense together with time adverbs. The 'near' future is formed using the present tense of the verb 'aller' (to go). Higher Tier - The ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Irregular verbs are the bane of any effort to learn English, but new research looking at how language evolves suggests frequent use keeps pesky irregular verbs like "take" from ...

Lots of languages have no dedicated way to indicate later-ness. Somehow life goes on. We're sorry, but something went wrong while fetching your podcast feeds. Please ...

The words used the most in everyday language are the ones evolving at the slowest rate, say two new studies published in Nature. In one paper, researchers at Harvard University focused on the ...

This article is reposted from the old WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I’ll return with fresh material. For decades, ...