Say you're looking up the Möbius strip on Wikipedia and you wonder how it's pronounced. Wikipedia only shows some elaborate pronunciation guide written in the International Phonetic Alphabet. You could start googling it in another tab, but there's an easy way to translate that pronunciation guide into plain English. Just hover over the letters.

In my six semesters as an English major, this is the best thing I learned: When in doubt, put the best bit of a sentence at the end, the next-best bit at the beginning and the rest in the middle. So in order of bestness, that's 2, then 3, then 1.

We all know the rule: "I before E, except after C..." except... uh... something. Good news: You can forget everything except the "I before E" part. And even that will only help you guess correctly three times out of four.

When you're writing, adjectives give you the most flexibility to create a vivid picture. It's also easy to slip into a cliche series of mundane, familiar adjectives. Describing Words helps inspire you with something different.

Today, the Australian National Dictionary received its first update in 28 years. More than 6000 Australian words, phrases and idioms have been added, including 'battered sav', 'chiko roll', 'babyccino', 'goon bag' and 'bogan'. Here are some official "dinki di" phrases that made the cut.

It's right on the tip of your tongue. You know it's there. It's when you intensely dislike something. When your brain can't quite pick out the word you need, OneLook Reverse Dictionary can look the word up by its definition.