Do misspelled words drive you into a red pen-wielding fury? Do you appreciate a well-placed semi-colon? You might be an English teacher. If not an English teacher, then you’re definitely a lapsed ...

THE ancient notion of English grammar was one of certain categories of words, and certain rules for their proper use. This is still the idea implied in most of the dictionary definitions of the word.

I would like to thank Ralph Laws from Cheney for his observation (March 29) concerning the use of “snuck” instead of “sneaked” among public figures. Like Laws, I prefer “sneaked,” but for a different ...

Willem Hollmann is affiliated with the Committee for Linguistics in Education (CLiE) and with the Education Committee of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB). Do you know what a suffix ...

Podcasts, interviews, news channels and movies help you hear natural grammar usage. Listening improves your instinct for what ...

Have you ever wondered why so many reporters don’t know that “criterion” is singular and “criteria” is plural? How many times have you read something like this in a magazine: “The student who brings a ...

Frank L. Cioffi taught his first college composition course in 1977. Since then, he’s read student writing at elite private colleges and urban public universities. He’s taught Comp 1 and advanced ...

A vigilante has made it his mission to anonymously correct poor grammar, subbing signs in public places at night, particularly removing extraneous apostrophes. English is a global language, connecting ...