Language Matters - April 1, 2025

Lo and Behold: Why We Don’t Say Behold and Lo

“To and fro”, “right and wrong”: many words pair up in a set order, and if the order is changed, it just sounds wrong. Let’s learn more about these fixed phrases.

Tips and Advice - March 18, 2025

Antidote and Word: An Essential Integration

If you use Microsoft Word, make sure it is integrated with Antidote so you can work more efficiently. Here’s how to add the connector for Microsoft applications.

Tips and Advice - March 18, 2025

How to Run Antidote in Word

Do you use the tab in the app or the Antidote Agent to launch Antidote from Microsoft Word? Each method has its own advantages, depending on your habits and needs. Here’s how to use them.

Word Stories - March 3, 2025

Fighting Words

March was the first month of the Roman year, partly because springtime road conditions allowed the army to march out again (pun intended). This Word Stories instalment highlights some common words with soldierly roots.

Language Matters - February 3, 2025

Family Matters

This Language Matters article discusses all familial terms so you can better organize your next family reunion: untangle cousins, sort out your in-laws and navigate distant relations across all sorts of family ties.

Word Stories - January 10, 2025

I Now Pronounce You In or Out

Human communities use the subtleties of language to distinguish “insiders” from “outsiders”. This Word Stories instalment shines an etymological spotlight on the way people use language to define themselves and label others.

Language Matters - December 2, 2024

Englishes Abound

English can seem virtually inescapable in today’s world, but it has only recently become a truly global language. Let’s look at how this came to be, and what forms the language takes around the globe.

Word Stories - November 5, 2024

Remember, Remember

This Word Stories instalment invites you to remember the history behind some common words associated with Guy Fawkes Day, when British loyalists around the world celebrate the failure of a plot to blow up the English Parliament on November 5, 1605.

Tips and Advice - October 18, 2024

Connectix: Antidote’s Inseparable Companion

Antidote can correct your text directly where you are writing thanks to Connectix, our utility program responsible for integration. Here is how it works and some useful resources.