hello lovely students and welcome back to English with Lucy do you think you're good at grammar we're going to find out today if you can answer these 10 grammar questions each featuring a different ...
If you’ve ever been cited for breaking traditional grammar rules you will rejoice at the publication of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Cambridge University Press, 2002). Coauthor and ...
English grammar hides countless rules we follow without realizing—like the strict order of adjectives before a noun. For native speakers, these patterns feel instinctive, but for learners, they can be ...
In a post a year ago I presented an inventory of some of the major bogus rules of English grammar and usage. They are also the subject of a series of short videos I am making at baltimoresun.com. But ...
When you first learn the rules for English grammar in elementary school, you find there are a lot of don’ts: Don’t end a sentence with a preposition; don’t begin a sentence with because. But as you ...
This English Trick of the Day article explains the most important capitalization rules every student must know to write correct and effective English. It covers sentence beginnings, proper nouns, ...
Ever heard about the time Winston Churchill weighed in on ending sentences with prepositions? According to one of many versions of the story, an editor revised a sentence of Churchill’s so the final ...
This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. Everyone’s on the lookout for their next clever party anecdote for that awkward pause between the cheese course and ...
When we speak our native language we unconsciously follow certain rules. These rules are different in different languages. For example, if I want to talk about a particular collection of oranges, in ...