WAY back in time, Plato posed a haunting question through the famed myth of the Ring of Gyges in his book Republic: what would a person do if they could act without being seen or judged? As the story ...

Way back in time, Plato posed a haunting question through the famed myth of the Ring of Gyges in his book Republic: what would a person do if they could act without being seen or judged? As the story ...

A syllable is a beat of sound in a word. The beat can sometimes be part of a word, or the whole word. For example, the word 'window' has two beats ('win' – 'dow') but the word 'door' had just one ...

As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, you might hear an unfamiliar Irish term get tossed around before the pints get tossed back. Sláinte is a classic Irish toast, and in true St. Paddy’s Day fashion, ...

This is the second of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the second of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore ...

If you find an error in a book in GITenberg, you can report it by clicking the Issues tab in this book’s repository. Please copy-and-paste the entire sentence that ...