English compound words are easier to learn when you break them down. This simple example shows how “flower” and “bed” combine to create a new word commonly used in everyday English. #DailyEnglish ...

A new chemical compound has shown promise for treating Alzheimer's disease. Its effects in a rat model of the disease were impressive, and the biochemists who discovered it are eager to progress to in ...

Abstract: Relation classification is a vital task in natural language processing, and it is screening for semantic relation between clauses in texts. This paper describes a study of relation ...

“Avoid the passive voice” is a favorite maxim of writing teachers. But for young learners, exposure to passive construction—and other more complex sentences in spoken language—may help children ...

Tariq Hassan, chief marketing and customer experience officer for McDonald’s. Photos: Getty Images This is a story about planning, remembering, and the marketing at McDonald’s. It starts with the ...

Simple interest calculates earnings or payments based solely on the initial principal, while compound interest grows by calculating interest on both the principal and the accumulated interest over ...

Jack Ma, co-founder of Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, affirmed on Wednesday the courage Alibaba's new leadership team had to embrace new changes, saying the company has returned ...

Good news, kind of. I discovered a new sentence structure I hate. It’s a pattern I see often but only recently, while editing an article, realized it belongs in my writing hall of shame. Why would I ...

What is a compound sentence? To understand a compound sentence, it helps to go back and understand a simple sentence—the first of four types of sentences that form the foundations of writing. A clause ...