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.

Last month I wrote about when you might string together "had" more than once in a sentence. That inspired reader Keith Evans to nine-up me. "Someone gave me a book years ago called 'Games for the ...

The Oxford comma. “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.

The English language is no exception. With roots in many other world languages, English includes a number of spelling, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the first half of the twentieth century, English grammar disappeared from the curriculum of most schools in England, but since the 1960s it ...

Common English Grammar Mistakes: English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, yet even fluent speakers often slip up when it comes to grammar. From confusing “its” and “it’s” to ...

This article highlights 10 common grammar mistakes that English learners frequently make, providing clear explanations and solutions for each. The mistakes include errors like misplacing apostrophes, ...

Franz Buscha received funding from the ESRC via grant ES/R00627X/1. The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to disclose. The permission of the Office for National Statistics to use the ...

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I was born and raised in Rome, so Italian is my native language. Now I live in the US, and I’m basically bilingual. Yet, when I hear other people speak English with an accent, sometimes I have a hard ...

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