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 ...

In response to my column highlighting amusing errors, a reader questioned my emphasis on proper grammar. "I enjoy reading your column," he wrote, "and I do try to write succinctly. However, in this ...

The English language is a perplexing enterprise. Sadly, rarely do you hear it spoken or written correctly during these days of mass communication. In fact you may find errors in this column. But for a ...

We all have our little obsessions, those events, people or things that provoke a passionate reaction in us, whether it's reasonable or not. For some it might be an unwavering devotion to a sports team ...

The bar regulator has told newly qualified barristers to use correct English grammar and spelling from ‘day one’ in the profession. The Bar Standards Board’s recommendation comes in a revised version ...

Good language skills are imperative – for getting good grades or securing (and keeping) a job. In month 18 of the pandemic, with the delta surge crowding hospitals and our brief period of merry ...

Editors are made crazy by the type of admonition sent this week by a Westerville reader — mostly because any number of resources, had they been consulted, would have prevented the error: The Life & ...

The old joke goes this way. Two school teachers were discussing academics. One, a math teacher, asked the other, a language arts teacher, “Which is correct? Two and two are four or two and two is four ...