Many common grammar rules taught in school are oversimplified or misleading. Native speakers routinely break them without sounding wrong. These myths create fear and hesitation in learners. Real ...

Do you remember being taught you should never start your sentences with "And" or "But"? What if I told you that your teachers were wrong and there are lots of other so-called grammar rules that we've ...

High school students who plan to take the ACT must first master a number of grammatical rules for the English section. For many students, grammar is a dreaded subject, but it is a central portion of ...

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Grammar rules are often overlooked in the daily flow of English conversation. Stepping back and thinking about your message can help you use the appropriate grammar when speaking or writing. Here are ...

About a decade ago, I read a blog written by a linguistics student who proclaimed, “Prescriptivism must die!!!” He was talking about the school of thought that believes that textbooks and other ...

A student posting in the grammar forum on Reddit recently made me sad: “I’m a college student majoring in a scientific field and am interested in conducting my own research. One thing that’s stopping ...

As a writer, I value grammar, spelling, syntax, diction—all that jazz. But as a millennial, I’m programmed to understand that if I use a gratuitous apostrophe within a possessive “its,” I can update ...