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 ...

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 ...

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English grammar hides countless rules we follow without realizing—like the strict order of adjectives before a noun. For ...

We all follow hidden rules in English without realizing it, from the order of adjectives to how we naturally link ideas with conjunctions. New research even questions whether our brains use the ...

Because my no-nonsense mother habitually said “He don’t” and “She don’t,” and my moody steelworker father never opened a book after he quit school at 16, it may seem surprising that I became a ...

Part of my motivation for writing this column lo these many years is to help people who feel bad about their grammar to feel better about their grammar — not because I’m passionate about feelings but ...