grammar

Gill (Jyl) Francis 1945 – 2024

February 12, 2024

Gill Francis (she later used the spelling Jyl) was one of the pioneering team who worked on the Collins Cobuild … Continued

March 4, 2023

Saturday 4 March marks National Grammar Day (henceforth, for brevity, NGD). Time to move into top grammar gear. Are you

June 12, 2019

Grammar patterns are ways of describing how words are used in English. A grammar pattern tells us what phrases or

January 10, 2019

This article has been written by Julie Moore, who is an ELT materials developer and lexicographer, and originally appeared on

July 4, 2018

To pronounce or not to pronounce, that is the dilemma. English, like some other languages, has a number of letters

June 12, 2018

This is the first blog of our brand new series looking at difficult to pronounce words. If there is any