I don’t know how to spell ambience, which is unfortunate because it comes up a lot in the articles I edit. Perhaps half the articles I edit that use this word write it “ambiance,” and the other half ...

According to the Federal Supreme Court, the distinctive character of acronyms depends mainly on whether the sequence of letters can be pronounced as a word, or whether it can only be spelt out.

English is a quirky, often confusing language that's been shaped and influenced by many others. As such, it has a massive variety of words—but here are some we think rise above the crowd and deserve ...