Because you're reading this, you already know that in English there is probably an exception to every rule. And every rule is debated. Endlessly. I knew this when I waded into the tsunami that is the ...

Grammar lovers today were saddened, shocked, and mightily displeased at the news that the P.R. department of the University of Oxford has decided to drop the comma for which it is so justly famed. As ...

ELON, N.C. — My favorite bumper sticker I’ve never seen: Commas matter. So I’ve always thought, and do still believe with the passion of one whose knuckles were rapped for grammatical errors. I mean ...

When couples take marriage vows, they promise to stand by each other for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do them part—but they don't generally promise ...

Stannis Baratheon is a hard man. The luckless Game of Thrones warrior wants to take the Iron Throne, and in his quest is guilty of all manner of horrors, even burning his own child. He punishes his ...

Each section opens with a lively presentation page which introduces the point of grammar. Grammar explanations are short, clear and easy to remember. Colour is used to highlight grammatical contrasts.

THE HEADTEACHER at one of Oxford’s biggest secondary schools has welcomed a government U-turn on setting up new grammar schools across the county and beyond. Theresa May had planned to lift a ban on ...