Learning a new language can be tricky, but how many words do you need to know before you can actually get by in a foreign tongue? That was the question posed to BBC Radio 4's More or Less programme by ...

Of course, it's impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use, pretty much constantly. But what's an approximate ...

One of every four words you say or write is probably one of these: "the," "be," "to," "of," "and," "a," "in," "that," "have," and "I." Those ten words, listed in order of frequency, comprise around 25 ...

Practicing inclusive language and design helps to get and keep customers, boost employee engagement, can help avoid embarrassing PR when the wrong words are used, and more. True story. My assistant ...