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Geoff Pullum’s heart sinks as he finds that a guide to English grammar once again simply regurgitates useless 200-year-old platitudes.
The case of an august part of old English grammar being regarded as a vulgar American import is an odd one. Writers of usage guides have tended to be a conservative lot.
How America saved old-fashioned English grammar Can I get a Coke? Or have I gotten one already?
Ellen Jovin is not the grammar police. She's more like a grammar guru, a gentle, nonjudgmental guide who knows English isn't etched into a linguistic stone, rigid and unchangeable. Instead, she ...
Nowhere in Old English grammar is there actually a precise ancestor for ‘the’. But some time over the 1100s it entered our language. Men say ‘the’ significantly more frequently than women.
Cartmel Old Grammar Country House, a historic Grade II listed hotel and wedding venue in Cumbria, UK, has changed hands. Business property adviser Christie & Co facilitated the sale of this ...
There is more than one way to build your vocabulary. One of the best ways I know is the study of “morphemes.” Every word has at least one morpheme, such ...
An 11-year-old student is giving Justin Bieber an "F" for bad grammar in one of his hit songs. Singer Justin Bieber arrives at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 15, 2016.
Reuven Perlman humorously imagines grammar tips from an aging English major who longs to use his grammar knowledge professionally.
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