My name is Anna Claire and I’m a grammar addict. Today is National Grammar Day. Few things can make journalists, English teachers and other word geeks more excited than the chance to bemoan the sorry ...

Last week, we looked at some grammar issues you can stop worrying about — matters like whether to use “a” or “an” before “historic,” whether it’s “farmers market” or “farmers’ market” and whether to ...

Nouns are by far the largest category of words in English. They signify all kinds of physical things both living and inanimate. They also signify imagined things like ‘a ghost’; and ideas or concepts, ...

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 ...

Nouns are by far the largest category of words in English. They signify all kinds of physical things both living and inanimate. They also signify imagined things like ‘a ghost’; and ideas or concepts, ...