Like many languages, English is constantly changing. And today it is changing faster than ever. Mobile phones, social media, increased travel and other things have connected the world more closely and ...

When you first learn the rules for English grammar in elementary school, you find there are a lot of don’ts: Don’t end a sentence with a preposition; don’t begin a sentence with because. But as you ...

Now that we're all out of English class, you might be asking yourself: do I still have to follow all of those strict grammar rules? Watch this video on YouTube The answer is "no." We're splitting ...

English usage, including grammar, spelling, and punctuation conventions, is full of contradictions, exceptions, and rules that we probably know implicitly but have probably never really thought about.

Introduction: The tragedy of adults whose "grammar patrol" runs wild in their brains, leading to silence“The moment I open my mouth to speak English, a fierce interrogation begins in my head: 'The ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard If you learned about grammar in school, you were probably taught to think about “correct” and “incorrect” ways of ...

About a decade ago, I read a blog written by a linguistics student who proclaimed, “Prescriptivism must die!!!” He was talking about the school of thought that believes that textbooks and other ...

Once upon a time, there were no grammar rules and writers were free to experiment with punctuation as they saw fit. It wasn’t until the late 1700s that grammar books became popular (and lucrative), ...

You’ve probably heard the old story about the pedant who dared to tinker with Winston Churchill’s writing because the great man had ended a sentence with a preposition. Churchill’s scribbled response: ...

If you’re hoping to make a tweet go viral, you might think to add a kitten picture, celebrity gossip, some wacky humor, or a dose of feel-good inspiration. What you would probably never think to ...