STORY: Why is English so hard to spell? There are clear differences between how words are written and how they are said. If English is your first language you may not realize it’s not that normal. In ...

I am often asked why English is such a difficult to learn for non-native speakers. In fact, how hard it is to learn depends on what your native language is; and this follows as languages are more (or ...

I am often asked why English is such a difficult to learn, for non-native speakers. In fact, how hard it is to learn depends on what your native language is; and this follows as languages are more (or ...

I mentioned in today’s column that English is an extremely difficult langauge to learn because it’s so illogical. Every so often, people send me the following list of examples, which I used in part ...

JOHNSON gets mail. Tom K., a reader in Ottawa, asks: I had always understood English to be a reasonably easy language to learn, because it lacks many of the features that make other languages ...