Prepositions are short words that usually stand in front of nouns to show a relation to them. English learners find ...

People who care about grammar care about it a lot. And for everyone who cares about grammar (and even some people who don’t), there are certain misspellings, wrong usages, and grammatical errors that ...

The ad that started it all. Burger King touts its Whopper Jr. with a single open quote instead of the correct apostrophe. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly Have you ever ...

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There’s a fair chance that at some point you’ve been told that you’re using hopefully wrong: Purists insist that it can only mean “in a hopeful manner” and not “it is to be hoped that.” But who are ...

Most of the people who read this column do so because they enjoy learning about grammar, usage and style. Like me, they actually find the stuff interesting and useful. But now that I think about it: ...

Writing with proper grammar is one of the easiest ways to establish credibility. For example, when was the last time you trusted the guy who opened his email with “Hello please sirs and madam” and ...

WHY DO PEOPLE buy books on English usage? The obvious answer, “for authoritative advice”, doesn’t square with what people actually buy. For decades the best-selling grammar book in the ...

Google is putting its AI to work to make you a better writer. The company is finally adding a grammar check feature to Google Docs — one that will be able to address even complicated grammatical ...

Grammar has been getting attention in the media lately, and for good reason. Because I am over 50 and I was raised by grammar sticklers, I am sympathetic to managers’ complaints about rampant grammar ...