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A correspondent writes from the USA to say he's noticed British English words and phrases increasingly entering public and written disco...

A correspondent writes to ask about the pronunciation of two 17th-century names: Henry Purcell and Andrew Marvell. He says: 'In preparat...

Several correspondents have been in touch this week about the library crisis that is currently attracting a great deal of attention - not le...

Two correspondents have written to ask about the use of the verbs built and builded in the King James Bible. Is there a difference of mean...

A correspondent writes about an earlier post headed 'On Shakespeare being Irish', worrying about the grammar rather than the content...

Another day when the phone won't stop ringing from correspondents because of a newly reported project involving language. This time it...

Several correspondents, having read Michael Rosen's generous piece about me in this week's Guardian , have asked what I think about ...