What are some sentence and grammar hacks that can make people more effective writers? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and ...

We English speakers have been terribly insecure about our ability to communicate in our native tongue for at least 200 years, if the number of books aiming to correct errors in our speech and writing ...

April 16 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of a little book that is loved and admired throughout American academe. Celebrations, readings, and toasts are being held, and a commemorative ...

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Elementary-school students learning how to write simultaneously learn the rules of grammar, and the two approaches can be difficult to balance. It's why many teachers ingrain in their students a ...

You’ve probably heard the old story about the pedant who dared to tinker with Winston Churchill’s writing because the great man had ended a sentence with a preposition. Churchill’s scribbled response: ...

This is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put. The sentence scrawled above was Winston Churchill’s alleged response to the idea that one can’t end a sentence with a preposition, giving ...