Associate professor of English Erin Webster did not plan on teaching when she started her undergraduate degree. However, she has taught at the College of William and Mary since 2016 and is now ...

At the risk of showing my age, I will admit that I began school before the advent of spell-check. When I didn't know how to spell a word, my teachers told me to look it up in the dictionary. I never ...

On 23 July 1788, a curious procession marched through New York city. The occasion was the ratification of the new American constitution. The demonstrators included all sorts – professional men, ...

Nglish is an English learning app created by Merriam-Webster. (Submitted by Merriam-Webster) SPRINGFIELD — Nglish, an English learning app created by Merriam-Webster, Inc., was named the best ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The announcement came in 1800 in the back of a Connecticut newspaper just above a farmer's reward for a stray cow. A man named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive ...

When you think of America’s Founding Fathers, you probably think of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and others who played crucial roles in winning the country’s independence and ...

Noah Webster’s spelling reforms turned “centre” into “center” and “labour” into “labor”. Some people are pushing for wider adoption of simpler versions of English spellings. Are you okay/ok with ...

If you work at your PC, you have a choice between fumbling with aheavy paper dictionary or firing up your browser to surf to one.Talking Merriam-Webster Dictionary makes things easier, keeping ...

At the risk of showing my age, I will admit that I began school before the advent of spell-check. When I didn’t know how to spell a word, my teachers told me to look it up in the dictionary. I never ...