Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.

Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth. They accept, almost…

When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how …

New York is part of the natural world. I love the city, I love the country, and for the same reasons. The city is part of the country. When I had an apartment …

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.

Europa es dividite per le muros de 30 linguas. Felicemente, inter iste linguas national, circa 10.000 parolas de origine grec e latin son commun. Iste preciose…