The ad that started it all. Burger King touts its Whopper Jr. with a single open quote instead of the correct apostrophe. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly Have you ever ...

Why just tell a story when you can put on a skit? By John McWhorter He, she, they, them, us. By John McWhorter The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, ...

Ellen Jovin is not the grammar police. She's more like a grammar guru, a gentle, nonjudgmental guide who knows English isn't etched into a linguistic stone, rigid and unchangeable. Instead, she knows ...

Proper grammar is important, but sometimes grammar checkers and proofreading aren't enough. If you aren't sure about a preferred phrasing, try using Google to see what's popular. Over at Problogger, ...

People who care about grammar care about it a lot. And for everyone who cares about grammar (and even some people who don’t), there are certain misspellings, wrong usages, and grammatical errors that ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...