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English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, yet even fluent speakers often slip up when it comes to ...
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Your English teacher would probably be mortified, but you can safely ignore these grammar "rules." When you’re just learning to write, starting a sentence with the word “because” can often ...
English grammar is too. One of the most perplexing rules–at least to non-native English speakers–is the complex rule that governs the precise order in which adjectives must be used.
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 ...
“All of my other grammar clothes are not dressy enough,” she said. A writer and writing instructor who has studied about 25 languages, Ms. Jovin first set out her grammar table on the streets ...