After 20 years of teaching academic writing to both native speakers and English language learners, I can attest that at some point, just about everyone asks me why, or even whether, grammar matters.

As an English teacher I often have to bite my tongue. My friend tells her dog to “lay” down, a colleague frequently says “him and I,” and the radio plays a song with the refrain “better than him” ...

On this day each year, March 4, we celebrate National Grammar Day, a chance to honor grammar in all its glory. But why should grammar get a holiday? Why is it even important at all? A couple of recent ...

Mike Finn is a member of the Labour Party. So the cat is out of the bag, and months of rumour and speculation have borne fruit: grammar schools are back on the agenda. In her major speech on the ...

This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. As we turn our calendars to November, I always wonder why there isn’t any good Thanksgiving music out there. Halloween has ...

It's March 4, and we're celebrating National Grammar Day. It's a celebration of language and an important reminder that using good grammar helps express ideas clearly, accurately, and professionally.