I recently wrote an article for TheWeek.com about bogus grammar "rules" that aren't worth your time. However, there are still plenty of legitimate rules that you should be aware of. Not following them ...

The five patterns illustrated below provide the basis for all other sentence structures: that is, other kinds of sentences are transformations of these basic patterns. Though the above sentences are ...

The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar, but which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas. Nonnative ...

Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking teachers ...

Where do you stand on the Oxford comma? Do you struggle to remember when to choose “who” or “whom,” “affect” or “effect,” and “lay” or “lie”? Does hearing someone end a sentence with a preposition ...

Reporting other people’s speeches or writings is a technical exercise in which punctuation marks play strategic roles. Whether it is in direct speech or the indirect, punctuation marks such as the ...

What is an imperative verb? Before you use this imperative verbs KS2 PowerPoint, it’s important to remember that not all verbs are imperative. Imperative verbs specifically give commands or ...

Cinda Ackerman Klickna taught English in Springfield, Ill., and served on the NEA Board of Directors and as president of the Illinois Education Association. She authored the children’s book, Out of ...

Western Cape High Court judges have been grappling with the "p-word". Their review of a domestic violence order breach found that the man used the p-word as an adjective, not as a noun or a verb. They ...