English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, yet even fluent speakers often slip up when it comes to ...

English usage, including grammar, spelling, and punctuation conventions, is full of contradictions, exceptions, and rules that we probably know implicitly but have probably never really thought about.

THE ancient notion of English grammar was one of certain categories of words, and certain rules for their proper use. This is still the idea implied in most of the dictionary definitions of the word.

Ellen Jovin has been to all 50 states, setting up a table to talk about grammar, usage and language. Her mission: to make learning fun and engaging.

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.

Grammar isn’t a way to bully people for making mistakes, says a longtime English instructor. It is a way to understand how our language operates, in all its many written and spoken varieties.

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“Ask” instead of “aks.” There, their, and they’re. The legitimacy of “ain’t” and “y’all.” These are familiar, if sometimes contentious, issues in the usage of the English language. Users decide what ...