Phrasal verbs are verbs with more than one word like 'wake up' and 'look forward to'. There are hundreds of them in English ...

Do you know how to use do up, do over, or do without? In this lesson, Claire teaches six of the most common English phrasal verbs with “do,” using easy examples you’ll remember. Learn what they mean, ...

Tracing the evolution of English verbs over 1,200 years -- from the Old English of “Beowulf” to the modern English of “The Princess Diaries” -- researchers have found that the majority of irregular ...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'design' Weather words English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'role' Male and female job words English in a Minute: Learn common verb collocations with the noun ...

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'image' Multi-word verbs English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'environment' Onomatopoeia English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'technology' Silent letters ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Irregular verbs are the bane of any effort to learn English, but new research looking at how language evolves suggests frequent use keeps pesky irregular verbs like "take" from ...

An increase means that there is more of something There are some words that we often use with 'increase'. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun ...

This article is reposted from the old WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I’ll return with fresh material. For decades, ...