Four years ago I decided I needed to host a pop-up grammar-advice stand. The plan was simple: I’d sit on the streets of New York City and help people with their questions. I ordered a folding table, ...

I invited Rona Jackson, my former roommate, and my boss to the party. How many people did I invite? Two or three? The answer depends on what role the second comma is playing. Is it an Oxford comma? Or ...

Prepositions are short words that usually stand in front of nouns to show a relation to them. English learners find prepositions difficult. These 10 rules will help clear your confusions. Download ...

Google is rolling out new artificial-intelligence features in Gmail that should improve the quality of email messages rushed out under deadline pressures. The new AI spell-checking features will soon ...

Do you have a good command of the English language? Would you like a work-at-home job that would utilize your excellent ...

Mamie Hixon was born to conjugate. The UWF writing lab professor of 34 years and assistant professor of English knows good sentence structure when she sees it, and is committed to helping students and ...

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The teaching of grammar in primary schools in England (a key feature of England's national curriculum) does not appear to help children's narrative writing, although it may help them generate ...

When Lynne Truss wrote, in her best-selling 2003 grammar screed Eats, Shoots & Leaves, of “a world of plummeting punctuation standards,” she was (perhaps unwittingly) joining an ancient tradition. How ...