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.