Not every academic is a grammar geek. Yet most of us have pet peeves that tend to irk us when we spot them in our students’ work. And we’re spotting them more than ever, thanks to the hit that ...

A few weeks ago, I cited several TV shows and movies that provided, of all things, grammar lessons. Then I asked you to send me more examples. As Gomer Pyle might have said, “Goll-ee!” Cindy Carlin ...

We received our grammar lessons from Grandmother Diss sitting on metal chairs on an angled front porch. For every page of correctly completed work, we earned a nickel. Parts of speech were a ...

One thing and occurrence of which I've noticed, online, in reading the works of other's articles and comments, is the lack of their grammar nor skill in writing. In the sense of it being good. The ...

A century of research shows that traditional grammar lessons—those hours spent diagramming sentences and memorizing parts of speech—don’t help and may even hinder students’ efforts to become better ...

Taking after a series of open letters from Sinead O’Connor to Miley Cyrus, Sufjan Stevens has written his own snarky note, which gives grammar advice rather than career tips. In Sufjan Stevens‘ open ...

A special course has been developed so teachers can prepare almost 200,000 primary school leavers for a rigorous English test next summer after a shake-up by former education secretary Michael Gove.