I’ve always had an issue with split infinitives. That is, I often catch myself using them in my writing. My publisher at a newsletter company I worked at ten years ago would always point them out. I ...

Mastering English grammar is crucial for clear communication. Common errors among new speakers often follow predictable patterns. Key rules include using only one subject per sentence, employing ...

Call me old-fashioned, but the current state of grammar in the world is worrisome to me. Maybe it’s our reliance on autocorrect or spell and grammar check, but there is less and less attention to ...

Though some might treat grammar as dead serious business, that's not a particularly fun way to learn it. Brush up on your grammar skills with these light-hearted but educational resources. Photo by ...

When it comes to the English language, I'm not an anything-goes kind of guy. If I were, I wouldn't have written a book called How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Errors and the Best Ways to ...

Despite what you might have seen in the movies, you don’t actually need to worry about the living dead, that is unless you’re trying to write well. According to Geoffrey Pullum, a linguistics ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 13, 2013) -- Your brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but University of Oregon neuroscientists have captured elusive ...

Linguists are always taken aback by the overwhelmingly negative and sometimes virulently expressed reaction they get when stating something that every linguist believes (and linguists do not agree on ...