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.

Tips and Advice - October 17, 2024

How to Use Antidote in Google Docs

If you use Google Docs, here’s how to integrate Antidote so it can be used directly where you write.

Tips and Advice - October 17, 2024

How to Use Antidote in Gmail

If you write your emails on gmail.com, easy-to-use features let you correct them with Antidote without copy-pasting the text.

News - October 16, 2024

Antidote 12 Channels the Power of Generative AI

The latest edition of Antidote offers suggestions for reformulating your writing, a supercharged corrector, web app integrations and real-time correction. The dictionaries and language guides have been expanded, as well.

News - October 16, 2024

The New Antidote : Feature Overview

Discover the latest edition of Antidote and transform the way you write with its exciting new features: suggestions for rewording, a supercharged corrector, expanded reference material and much more!