John Overholt, a rare books curator at the Houghto...  ...out this alleged duel fought between 17th Century grammarians Pietro Marverti and Pietro Tesei over the correct...

A science writer will often post about an interest...  ...itation for a pedant to show up and correct their grammar , insisting that "data" is a plural noun, so the p...

We sing the same popular Christmas carols all thro...  ...o sense. Or no sense to them, at least. The weird grammar used in Christmas songs can sometimes be blamed o...

When you hear the term “ grammar police,” you probably don’t picture r...  ...ers. What if those cops really did enforce proper grammar ? Juliana Gray and Erica Dawson imagined just that...  ...Erica Dawson imagined just that when they slipped grammar police int...

Is “data” singular or plural? That’s a word that sounds wrong when you use it correctly. It is supposed to be plural, with the singular being datum. I try to avoid writing “data is” or &ldqu...

Andrea Cammalleri of Middletown, Ohio, fought the...  ..., but the judge ruled for Cammalleri. Score 1 for grammar ! So the next time someone said to you that...  ...So the next time someone said to you that grammar doesn't matter, tell 'em that you can use it to f...  ...it to fight traffic tickets!...

(Photo: Kevin Coles) Grammarly , a grammar and spellchecking program, can search through tex...  ...ors. Recently, to demonstrate the capabilities of Grammarly , the company that makes it examined 150 reader co...

Jeff Hader over at Inc. has compiled a list of words that are often used incorrectly, particularly in business communications. The list is full of good advice about usage of common words. For instance, "Impact and affect...

Who’s calling who stupid? Notice the well-pl...  ...l-placed comma in the bottom panel. Still, proper grammar doesn’t always help you in the real world:...  ...labor and who is supervising.Side note: even the grammar nazi in this cartoon makes a grammatical error (&...  ...d to use that tense to make...

Grammar Girl and Quick and Dirty Tips author Mignon Fogar...  ...author Mignon Fogarty writes this list of top ten grammar myths, which has points that might fool even the...  ...might fool even the most contentious of internet grammar hawks. But there's one thing we all know: i...