One letter never appears in any U.S. state name. It’s not J, Z, or X. Here’s why Q was left out and how that happened. The ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

The word was coined in the 1930s, probably by the president of the National Puzzlers’ League, “in imitation of polysyllabic medical terms,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary ... out to a ...

that silent letters exist in English. and the spelling system just hasn't kept up with it. like through and thought and night ...