Generations of Indians have grown up studying Wren & Martin’s grammar but the text is largely unknown in Britain, where the subject wasn’t taught in schools until recently, and now it’s so difficult ...

It’s been a while, my friends. Over a year, in fact, since this Grammar Guru took a long-weekend jaunt to London for a little ...

The lexicographer Kory Stamper’s new book, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, is an eloquent defense of a “live and let live” approach to English. Well, you know what they say about ...

In her Oct. 17, 2007, letter to the editor about my online Commentary “No Wiz at Grammar” (Sept. 24, 2007), Lorraine S. Caplan states that the British “consider the comma to be an appropriate ...

You might find the following test questions from the 1940s and 50s extremely difficult. They come from the 11 Plus entrance exams, a entrance exam issued by British grammar schools 60 years ago. The ...

IS AMERICA RUINING English or giving it new life? Most of this old transatlantic debate concerns words. Is elevator an improvement on lift? Why say transportation when transport will do? Sometimes it ...

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Learn about common grammar errors native english speakers don't make! In this video, we will review when to use the article ...

Anwar Hassan from Egypt writes: I am sticking to a British accent, but would like to know the main differences between British and American English grammar. Of course, they are little, but they are of ...