Yale’s Grammatical Diversity Project is examining regional deviations from standard American English, and attempting to trace their roots. Here’s an example from the Yale Alumni Magazine story ...

They just spoke differently, pronouncing words contrary to standard American English and used different phrases. Being placed in a speech class made Smitherman mad, but she was used to being ...

ChatGPT and similar AI sort those who use African American English dialect into less prestigious jobs and dole out harsher criminal punishments.

A recent study revealed that despite extensive efforts to fine-tune LLMs to avoid harmful stereotypes, they continue to ...

Nevertheless, for the purposes of an English-language style guide, a comparison of the 'standard' dialects of these two extensively used varieties can be instructive. Of course, entire books have been ...

To see if you need to make a possessive, turn the phrase around and make it an "of the..." phrase. James's hat (James' hat is also acceptable. For plural, proper nouns that are possessive, use an ...

Are these students really native speakers of English? There is no simple answer. For the most part, by the time they enter preschool, African American children have receptive knowledge of Standard ...

Many of our students use a dialect that does not follow the rules of Standard American English, but that does not make it any less valid a communication style. Therefore, a student who says “toof” ...

There are customisable progress tests for the end of unit and end of term, in Standard and High difficulty options, and Cambridge English exam-type tests on the online Test Generator. You can also ...

American Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is a standard computer language designed for transmitting text between computers.

In a significant shift for the US economy, the Federal Reserve is expected Wednesday to announce its first interest rate cut since Covid.

We scanned back through the years thinking of visits to national parks in the American west — Glacier ... preferable to entering a store and wondering if the shopkeeper speaks English or comprehends ...