Over the years, I’ve learned a lot about English grammar and usage — most of which I promptly forgot. And not for lack of use. Every day I apply what I’ve learned to catch and fix writers’ mistakes.

The couple is going to purchase the house? Or the couple are going to purchase the house? Even after all my years of editing, I can still get tripped up trying to make verbs agree with collective ...

For more than a millennium after the fall of Rome, educated Europeans were distinguished by their knowledge of Latin. One of the three subjects of the trivium—the basic tier of a classical education, ...

You've heard about the three conversation topics to avoid in polite company – money, religion and politics. But what about these taboo subjects as they relate to grammar? I hope your grammar is rich, ...

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There is a myriad of ways we can express quantities in English, but there are just a couple words that are much in dispute. Wait. Should that be "there are myriad ways" and "just a couple of words"?

Collective nouns can be taken as singular or plural, according to whether the word is seen as a unit or as individual items. For example: Thefamilyis proud ofitslineage. Family is seen as a whole unit ...

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