ndonesians surely are familiar with the term "bahasa menunjukkan bangsa", which roughly translates into "language represents a nation". Indonesian, derived from a regional language used in some parts ...

According to literary legend, Samuel Johnson, who wrote the first English dictionary, was fastidious about proper word usage. The story is that he was riding in a street car when a woman seated next ...

George ORWELL’s essay “Politics and the English Language”, published in 1946, took aim at the bureaucrats, academics and hacks who obfuscated their misdeeds in vague, jargon-packed writing.

An essay by George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” changed the trajectory of my career. I pivoted from a job as a college literature teacher to become a writing coach for students, ...

Words have meaning and convey powerful messages. Words matter. Images spring from words and meet each of us individually in that space defined by our life experiences. Some words used on our campus ...

If Donald Trump ends up serving a term in prison (there’s still hope!), I’d relish the chance to refer to him as an ex-con. Like “felon,” the brute force of the term, with its hard-boiled ...

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