Some of the oldest English alphabets ever documented feature the ampersand symbol, typically at the end of the alphabet after Z. A very early English alphabet described by the English monk Byrhtferth ...

A fascinating letter in English signed with the holy signature of the Admor Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Rebbe in the Lubavitch dynasty, ...

English is becoming one of the most common languages worldwide, yet silent letters in words present a challenge for many learners. Silent letters help distinguish homophones, but result from borrowing ...

Bookmark this story if you frequently play Wordle. It includes a ranking of the most commonly used letters in the English language. How about that Wordle puzzle on May 29? The five-letter answer in ...

What it's called: Eng. Who uses it: Many African languages (e.g., Bambara, Bemba, Dinka, Ewe, Ewondo, Fula, Ganda, Maasai, Nuer, Shilluk, Tuareg, Wolof), several ...

On Sunday, a rare letter written in English by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte hauled in more than $406,000 (nearly five times the original estimate) at an auction in Paris. Fortunately, spelling ...

Following are NCR reader responses to recent news articles, opinion columns and theological essays with letters that have been edited for length and clarity. Revisiting English Mass Thank you Fr.

I often worry that writing letters of all kinds is a dying art form. But then I meet someone like David English, and I go find a stamp. Careful readers of The New York Times Book Review will likely ...

Michael Erard’s article on English missed some important points (29 March, p 28). English changed far more between the times of Chaucer and Shakespeare than between Shakespeare’s and our own. That’s ...