When I think of March, I don’t think of basketball or the infamous “Ides.” No, for me, it’s a celebration of good grammar. After all, March 4 is National Grammar Day in the U.S. (the U.K. couldn’t be ...

It’s science: Hearing bad grammar raises our stress level. I always knew this implicitly, but a recent study from the University of Birmingham shows this explicitly. In a small sample of 41 British ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. It’s true — people with better spelling and grammar get more dates. I regularly receive emails from readers asking me about the death of spelling and ...

Just the other day, I groaned as I read the following headline: “There’s 500 reasons to remove income cap for Social Security taxes.” There’s, meaning there is, refers only to one, certainly not to ...

It's March 4, and we're celebrating National Grammar Day. It's a celebration of language and an important reminder that using good grammar helps express ideas clearly, accurately, and professionally.

Now don’t get scared. We won't start drilling you on “who” vs. “whom,” conjugations, and gerunds. You can relax. We’ll take a much more practical approach, and we won’t use any strange words. Promise.

Eons ago, someone gave me a small yellow object to hang on my wall. It proclaimed, “I am silently correcting your grammar.” It was the perfect gift. In fact, I still have it. Grammar is a big deal to ...

When I think of March, I don’t think of basketball or the infamous “Ides.” No, for me, it’s a celebration of good grammar. After all, March 4 is National Grammar Day in the U.S. (the U.K. couldn’t be ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. When I think of March, I don’t think of basketball or the infamous “Ides.” No, for me, it’s a celebration of good grammar. After all, March 4 is ...