Four years ago I decided I needed to host a pop-up grammar-advice stand. The plan was simple: I’d sit on the streets of New York City and help people with their questions. I ordered a folding table, ...
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If you are a grammar warrior who flinches whenever you see the word 'your' misused across your social feeds and know when to use the words 'there,' their,' and 'they're,' you will want to tell all of ...
A century of research shows that traditional grammar lessons—those hours spent diagramming sentences and memorizing parts of speech—don’t help and may even hinder students’ efforts to become better ...
Top-selling, highly prolific and award-winning writer Stephen King reached out for writing help on Twitter. In doing so, he addressed a mystery. King, whose works include “The Shining,” “Misery” and ...
When Lynne Truss wrote, in her best-selling 2003 grammar screed Eats, Shoots & Leaves, of “a world of plummeting punctuation standards,” she was (perhaps unwittingly) joining an ancient tradition. How ...
Theresa May has highlighted that "selection by house price" was also unfair The argument for expanding grammar schools in England makes two big claims - that it will improve choice for families and ...
The teaching of grammar in primary schools in England (a key feature of England's national curriculum) does not appear to help children's narrative writing, although it may help them generate ...