News - October 8, 2026

New Free Updates to Antidote

Antidote 12 v4.1 includes integration with OnlyOffice and Google Slides, enhances security on Windows and is compatible with macOS 27.

Language Matters - October 6, 2026

The Curious Case of Two Possessive Forms

There are two main ways to form a possessive phrase: with “apostrophe-s” or with “of”. What do we do with this embarrassment of riches? Let’s explore the rules and nuances.

News - September 22, 2026

Writing and Translating in the Time of GenAI

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is disrupting language professions. With this in mind, what best practices should be adopted? Joachim Lépine, translator and GenAI usage expert, and Yann Fortier, copywriter and trainer, discuss the topic.

Word Stories - September 7, 2026

When Name-Calling Gets Personal

This Word Stories instalment investigates words rooted in names, like mentor (from ancient mythology) and bunk (from modern politics).

Language Matters - August 3, 2026

A Guide Through Style Guides

Is your document dressed for success, or could it use an authority on style? In this instalment of Language Matters, we roll out the red carpet for the glamorous world of style guides and how they help our writing shine.

News - July 8, 2026

Spotlight on Canadian English

What makes a word Canadian? And what linguistic resources do Canadians have at their disposal? Two experts give insight into the matter.

Word Stories - July 6, 2026

Tempestuous Terms

This Word Stories instalment demonstrates how linguistic creativity sometimes thrives on bad weather, exploring the origins of rain cats and dogs, perfect storm and steal someone’s thunder.

Language Matters - June 5, 2026

Faux French Borrowings in English

From exposing exposé to pulling apart portmanteau, this Language Matters article uncovers French-looking English words with a murky relationship to modern French.

Word Stories - May 4, 2026

Planetary Vocabulary

This report tours some intersecting orbits of the astronomical, the astrological and the mythological.

Tips and Advice - April 29, 2026

Managing Access to Antidote Web During Exams

Allow your students to use only some of Antidote’s tools and content in a fully controlled digital environment.

Language Matters - April 2, 2026

Defining Moments

Some years become shorthand for an event, era or mood. Let’s look at some of the most symbolically potent years in the English-speaking world.

Tips and Advice - March 13, 2026

Lexibar and Antidote Pair Up Perfectly in Remedial Education

In this article, remedial teacher Eugénie Pettigrew-Leydier explains how these tools come together to help students with learning disabilities develop their writing independence. See three scenarios that showcase the applications’ respective strengths as well.

Tips and Advice - March 12, 2026

Antidote 101: Customizing the Tools

Here’s how to save time and enhance your productivity with Antidote! Add words to the dictionaries, integrate custom rules into the corrector and adjust your linguistic preferences in the settings.

Tips and Advice - March 11, 2026

Antidote 101: Leveraging the Dictionaries and Guides

Antidote’s dictionaries and guides cover all aspects of language to help you write and revise your texts. In this article, discover how to optimize your use of these reliable and accessible resources.

Tips and Advice - March 10, 2026

Antidote 101: Improving Stylistic Elements

Discover how Antidote helps you make your texts read more easily and fluently. In this article, learn how to efficiently use the corrector’s Style view and Reformulation mode to spruce up your writing.

Tips and Advice - March 9, 2026

Antidote 101: Correcting and Rewriting

Discover how Antidote goes beyond detecting errors. In this article, learn how to properly use the corrector to revise your text and rewrite sentences if needed.

Word Stories - March 2, 2026

Lucky and Loquacious

This Word Stories instalment shows how the colourful history of the Irish has enriched everyday English, in ways great and small.