Oh, dear. It had to happen sooner or later: a direct clash with Chronicle editorial authority over a point of 19th-century prescriptive grammar. My Our esteemed editor, Heidi Landecker, who has saved ...

Figurative language is the term for the many linguistic devices we consciously or subconsciously draw upon in our conversations ...

Competition between the ‘Yankees’ and ‘Limeys’ (derogatory terms) spanning decades is, to a larger extent, responsible for the American and British versions of the English language. Out of this ...

Grammar nerds: It’s your day, National Grammar Day, all day Thursday. For those of us who struggled in high school, groaning if the English teacher mentioned the word “essay,” take heart. It is almost ...

(Washington, DC) - A new study reveals just how strong the influence of mass-market books promoting a certain style of writing have had on authors since they were first published in the late 1950s.

So Tuesday is National Grammar Day. The first time I heard of that celebration, I thought that Poynter’s Vicki Krueger had said “National Grandma Day.” I’m not sure it’s a good thing that grammar – ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From Mr Ian McMaster. Sir, The claim by Nevile Martin Gwynne, repeated by John B. Reid in his letter (May 6), ...

Grammar instruction may have waned in some classrooms starting in the early 2000s, largely because the high-stakes tests required by the No Child Left Behind law didn’t assess grammar specifically.