“Tum, tum, tum dee dum, Baby’s beating on his drum.” That’s a line I repeat at least three times a day at the moment — from Page 6 of the Little Golden Books classic Baby Listens. And usually, charmed ...

Our picturesque country of Costa Rica boasts a diversity of natural wonders, from lush rainforests to stunning beaches. This gives rise to the question – why do foreigners seem to take liberties with ...

So in another thread, I wanted to start a sentence with the word iPad. However, I couldn't figure out how to do the capitalization without it looking stupid and wrong. So I turn to you, Ars. My heart ...

Confused about when to use capital letters? Read on to learn about the difference between proper nouns and common nouns, and find out when we use capital letters. In English, we capitalise proper ...

Oh, look! There’s some thing sleeping in the trees! Common nouns are the names of things, that’s people, places or objects, while a proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.

For decades family arguments have raged furiously over whether words like Quzhou (a city in southern China, 27 points) and Zuma (as in the South African president, 15 points) are eligible. At least to ...

I woke yesterday morning to an e-mail from an editor at a London newspaper asking whether, as the author of a book about the world of competitive Scrabble, I had any thoughts on the news that "the ...

One of my aggravating moments is when I read in a newspaper, or hear on a television newscast, the total misuse of the words “democracy” (noun), democratic (adjective), and Democrat (proper noun). How ...

Oh, look! There’s some thing sleeping in the trees! Common nouns are the names of things, that’s people, places or objects, while a proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.