A quick look at why I wrote you is considered incorrect in British English but acceptable in American English, highlighting ...

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.

The Oxford comma. “Ask” instead of “aks.” There, their, and they’re. The legitimacy of “ain’t” and “y’all.” These are familiar, if sometimes contentious, issues in the usage of the English language.

English grammar can feel like a maze, but with the right strategies, learners can turn common mistakes into stepping stones ...

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: ...

We don’t need to play a gotcha game dressed up as a grammar rule. There are clearly dangling modifiers that would bother no ...

English grammar may look easy at first. But we all make silly errors without even realising it. Most of you write or speak English with confidence. But later you realise a small mistake has flipped ...