Misplaced apostrophes’, passive voice being used, and sentence fragments. We’ve all experienced the frustration of witnessing infuriating grammar faux pas. I’ve often found myself internally rolling ...

When it comes to correcting grammar in a piece of writing, it can be an arduous task for man or machine. While spellcheckers are a dime-a-dozen and work pretty swimmingly, grammar checkers often fail ...

Good language skills are imperative – for getting good grades or securing (and keeping) a job. In month 18 of the pandemic, with the delta surge crowding hospitals and our brief period of merry ...

I have a colleague that I work with who, despite being a well-educated professional, has a few "grammar quirks". He routinely says things like "I haven't ever ate there" or "You should come to the ...

Jorge was a news writer for AP. He covered the mobile industry at Android Police, but has covered multiple beats in the tech space. It is common for people to use Google Search to check their spelling ...

If you’re a teacher, maybe this doesn’t apply to you; it’s your job to correct students’ grammar. But, some of us–even professional writers–need to turn it down a notch. So, if you want to avoid ...

An English teacher living in Jerusalem wrote to ask me to resolve a dispute about a test question. Someone had set a correct/incorrect test on the preterite (the simple past, e.g. took) vs. the ...

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