Sarah McKeown | Macmillan Dictionary Blog

Language is wine upon the lips

13 years ago

One of my favourite quotes is by Virginia Woolf: ‘Language is wine upon the lips’ she said to her...

13 years ago

There was me, that is Sarah, sat in front of the puter in my woolly toofles, after a hard day’s...

14 years ago

If you’re an English grammar aficionado – and even if you’re not – brace yourself, I’m afraid I’ve...

14 years ago

Hedges are essential for communication in English. Hedges are what keep Britain ‘Great’. Without...

14 years ago

A couple of weeks ago I was reminded both of my north-east roots and sociolinguistic theory in...

14 years ago

It would be no exaggeration to say that I have a history of both triumph and tragedy in the kitchen...