When it comes to proper English, we all have our pet peeves. In this age, where the spoken word is often replaced by text and our written correspondence composed through email, we wonder, does ...

Writing with proper grammar is one of the easiest ways to establish credibility. For example, when was the last time you trusted the guy who opened his email with “Hello please sirs and madam” and ...

Now I’m the first to admit that I give editors snits because I will often — deliberately or otherwise — break the rules of grammar. Actually, because I went to grade school in the 1970s, I ...

No, Insisting on Proper English Grammar and Spelling Is Not ‘Elitist’ (Photo: Milkos/Dreamstime) By Philip H. DeVoe About Philip H. DeVoe Follow Philip H. DeVoe on X ...

A quarterly report from the 1960 Freshman Year, Notre Dame, is just spot-on. The first sentence says it all. "The child's first teacher is the parent, his first school is the home." My parents ...

A. No, you are not wrong to expect proper grammar from a teacher at any grade. We all make mistakes, but a pattern of mistakes should not occur. With e-mail playing a bigger role every year, the ...

You can also feel free to correct my grammar. I figure that if I write a post about grammar, karma dictates that it will contain no fewer than a dozen typographical and grammatical errors. 1.

I think it makes them smarter actually," said Fritz. While it may make you cringe, bad grammar and social media seem to go hand in hand. "If that's the way they want to talk, then it is.

They treat grammar as if it were just a set of rules to be followed. It’s not. I say this as someone who not only teaches grammar, but gives my students grammar assignments and grammar exams.

I correct people’s English for a living, and I would never do it publicly or unasked. There are basic rules of etiquette – yes, even in a pandemic.

Correct/Incorrect Grammar-Test Items By Geoffrey K. Pullum April 18, 2016 An English teacher living in Jerusalem wrote to ask me to resolve a dispute about a test question.