English Language FAQ

The word OK entered American English in the 19th century and is now one of the most popular in the language. But there is little agreement as to its origins.

In the 1960s engineers at Bell Labs were designing the first touch keyboard telephones.

Here are the words with the most separate entries in the OED:

It has only two letters but is arguably 'America's greatest word'.  

These are the five most common spelling errors in English:

The terminology surrounding this area is confusing, partly for historical reasons.