The ACT English Test and the SAT Writing and Language Test assess test-takers in various conventions of standard English, such as punctuation, sentence structure and formation, and usage. For many ...
People whinge about “the decline of grammar” when they are merely talking about minor solecisms of spelling and punctuation, or a change in some convention they learned in childhood. They could adopt ...
Good grammar may have came and went. Maybe you've winced at the decline of the past participle. Or folks writing and saying "he had sank" and "she would have went." Perhaps it was the singer Gotye ...
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article about the reportedly horrendous grammar that has become in the norm in the workplace. The response was huge: Hundreds of commenters logged on to say ...
The W-Course, taken in the sophomore year, is the second stage in a student’s writing experiences at DePauw. Proficient writing skills cannot be learned once in a single writing class but must be ...
Multi-modal literacy supports the ability to create meaning through the combination of different modes including written, spoken, visual, audial, spatial, and gestural means. Each mode provides a ...
Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter John Rentoul: Well, this is a bit awkward. Having read your book, I agree with much of it. A lot of grammar pedantry is mere ...