If you’ve ever been cited for breaking traditional grammar rules you will rejoice at the publication of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Cambridge University Press, 2002). Coauthor and ...

Many common grammar rules taught in school are oversimplified or misleading. Native speakers routinely break them without ...

Preparing for government exams is more than just memorising facts or practising reasoning questions. Language, especially English grammar, plays a crucial role in determining success. Whether it’s ...

When you first learn the rules for English grammar in elementary school, you find there are a lot of don’ts: Don’t end a sentence with a preposition; don’t begin a sentence with because. But as you ...

Ever heard about the time Winston Churchill weighed in on ending sentences with prepositions? According to one of many versions of the story, an editor revised a sentence of Churchill’s so the final ...

In the year 1712, the essayist Jonathan Swift put forth quite a radical proposal for "Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining" the English tongue. According to Swift, Latin had arrived at "a great ...

English language & comprehension is a very important section of SSC CGL exam and it also plays an important role in our daily personal & professional life. As a SSC CGL officer, English will be the ...

Some of the English grammar rules people defend most aggressively did not come from logic, clarity, or science. They came from 18th-century etiquette books, Latin worship, class insecurity, and the ...