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THE ancient notion of English grammar was one of certain categories of words, and certain rules for their proper use. This is still the idea implied in most of the dictionary definitions of the word.

Go ahead and split that infinitive! Here are some of the grammar rules that have changed with the times. Are you keeping up ...

The difference between “correct grammar” and “correct usage” is a linguistic distinction that is not clearly understood.

Inspired by the passionate response to the semicolon’s supposed decline, this quiz invites you to test – and perhaps ...

There is some new grammar guidance about which everyone is talking - I mean, grammar guidance everyone's talking about. Here's how Merriam-Webster puts it. It is permissible in English for a ...

As the grammar of standard English extends to the grammar of code, our errors find themselves embedded in programs and replicating further and more widely than previously imaginable.

After my foray into grammar on Monday, I intended to beat a quick retreat to economics, but I received so many interesting reactions from readers that I’ve decided to share a bunch of them today ...

English usage, including grammar, spelling, and punctuation conventions, is full of contradictions, exceptions, and rules that we probably know implicitly but have probably never really thought about.

Most language learners dread grammar. Tenses, conditionals, participles—it’s a mental minefield. But Anfisa spices things up ...

English grammar rules can certainly be confusing. See how your grammar know-how stacks up with these high school–level questions.