The Anglo Saxons didn’t say ‘the’, they said ‘sê’ – as in pass me ‘sê’ bread. Nowhere in Old English grammar is there actually a precise ancestor for ‘the’. But some time over the 1100s it entered our ...

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In this short lesson, I compare English and Chinese grammar using a simple drink order. I show how English questions and ...

Microsoft word was first released 40 years ago and it has had a surprising affect on the way we use language today (Credit: Alamy) As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has ...

Preparing for your KS2 English SATs? This Year 6 spelling, punctuation and grammar quiz is designed to help you practise for your English SATs tests with interactive questions including prefixes and ...

Regular readers of this column know that I spend a lot of time talking about grammar wrongs that aren’t — the countless mythical language no-nos that get passed down from generation to generation of ...

One Word Substitution is the use of a single word in place of a lengthy phrase to make sentences crisp and clear. This article provides 100+ categorized one-word substitutions that are frequently ...

This past spring, Microsoft released its list of the top 10 grammar mistakes in the English language. The flubs, culled from the editing tools in the company’s software, were reported in an article at ...