Many students returning to school this year face a renewed focus on grammar. Just before Christmas, the NSW curriculum was overhauled to include the “explicit teaching of grammar, sentence structure ...

Communication plays a big role in success in the workplace. Every email, report, or meeting note says something about professionalism. Using correct grammar makes ideas clear and shows respect for the ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...

Spotted any misuses of language by people and institutions who should know better? Share your photos via GuardianWitness Grammatical mistakes crop up everywhere – and are always a subject of lively ...

I’M going to be very careful writing this week’s column. I’m trying not to make any grammatical mistakes. Even though I’ve published millions of words, I’m certain some errors will slip through ...

Do humans learn grammar based on what they hear? Or is it already in our brain somewhere? Shutterstock How do we humans end up using language in a way that conforms to grammatical rules? Recent ...

Check and improve your grammar with our advanced grammar reference guide. On this page you'll find links to our advanced grammar summary pages. Each advanced grammar reference page covers a key ...

Linguists are always taken aback by the overwhelmingly negative and sometimes virulently expressed reaction they get when stating something that every linguist believes (and linguists do not agree on ...

Why have schools been told that reading doesn't help you to learn grammar? My child is being prepared for the new Year 6 grammar test. Suddenly, a lot of literacy teaching time is focusing on that at ...