English Language FAQ

Questions people ask about the world most commonly spoken language.

A pangram is a sentence containing all 26 letters of the alphabet. The best know example is The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The first dictionary definition of hype (1967) was ' excessive or misleading publicity or advertising'.

hooley noun hoo·ley ˈhülē plural -s Everything about the word hooley is disputed, including the spelling.

There are three main candidates for the shortest sentence in the English language.