THE worst English that I have ever heard spoken, I heard in England. There, however, I also heard the best that could be spoken, — not better, indeed, than I have heard in New England, New York, New ...

Monika Schmid receives funding from the Dutch National Science Foundation NWO, the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, the ESRC and the AHRC. She joined the Conservative Party in 2018 for the sole ...

THE worst English that I have ever heard spoken, I heard in England. There, however, I also heard the best that could be spoken, — not better, indeed, than I have heard in New England, New York, New ...

A small town in the UK is at risk of losing its grasp of the English language, with migrants themselves urging newcomers to learn it before moving. In the heart of the Midlands, the Leicester district ...

THE Report of Mr. Fisher's Committee on the Teaching of English in England (pp. 394, H.M.S.O., 1921, 1s. 6d. net) has a refreshing novelty of outlook. As the serious study of English in the schools ...