He showed that simple American English could be as fine an instrument for great writing as more complex language.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

David Crystal is a British linguist who has written more than one hundred books, including the book "Language and the Internet."

VOA: special.2010.01.28

This happens when an official language is used more often and children stop learning the local language of their parents.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Her non-profit group has been working for more understandable language in government and business since two thousand four.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Micro-scholarships will support intensive language training programs for Indonesians, and for more Americans to study there.

VOA: special.2011.04.14

Experts on language say the expression was born more than two hundred fifty years ago, when pirates sailed the seas, attacking and robbing trade ships.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The more powerful culture rarely respects the language and culture of smaller ethnic groups.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Or,a local language might disappear more slowly.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

"Everything from basic language skills of agreement of subject and verb, use of commas and other punctuation, complete and incomplete sentences, so that we can move from basic writing/language skills to the more sophisticated skills that graduate students, upper level undergraduates and people in the work world use."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Last month,Jon was one of more than 50 Latin all-stars who participated in the Spanish-language recording of "We Are The World."

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

But they say this is more a reflection on the nature of the message then the writer's ability to use language correctly.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Jansen has worked in the Internet industry since 1994 and agrees with Crystal that what we're seeing is more ways to use language to communicate.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16