I’m no grammar purist. Trying to nail English down to a particular set of rules will leave you heartbroken and muttering, “it’s supposed to say 12 items or fewer” to a disinterested supermarket ...

The Oxford comma. “Ask” instead of “aks.” There, their, and they’re. The legitimacy of “ain’t” and “y’all.” These are familiar, if sometimes contentious, issues in the usage of the English language.

It's not uncommon for bilingual speakers to mistakenly apply the grammatical rules of one language while speaking the ...

A new study uses MEG imaging to prove that bilingual brains rely on a single, shared grammar engine across all spoken languages.

With friends, family, and romantic partners, we have much to tell and hear. What we communicate, however, depends not only on the content of what we say but also on the structure. In particular, ...

First, a grammar quiz. Which of these sentences do you think begins the Eric Carle classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar? a) A little egg lay on a leaf in the light of the moon. b) On a leaf, in the ...

We asked a jury of editors and linguists to judge the most glaring pop culture grammar glitches. But instead of condemning the mistakes, they condemned the rules themselves, turning pop culture from ...