I'd like to tell you that reading this column will make you feel better, and that might not just be wishful thinking. It might, however, offer the equivalent of patting you on the hand and assuring ...

Does grammar matter? And did you have a teacher in your youth who insisted on drumming the rules of good grammar into you—and was that teacher on the stern and grumpy side of the instructional ...

Q: I work in a library. Some of my co-workers use poor grammar, and I don’t know if or how I should correct their word usage. Any suggestions? A: Yes, make it clear that your concerns are eccentric ...

Lousy grammar and nonsense may help boost password strength, a new research paper argues. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Because ...

Now don’t get scared. We won't start drilling you on “who” vs. “whom,” conjugations, and gerunds. You can relax. We’ll take a much more practical approach, and we won’t use any strange words. Promise.

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Hi Jaime. my name is Laura and I’m emailing you because I wanted to get opinions on something. So I just broke it off with a guy I’ve been seeing for about three weeks because every time he wrote me a ...

What do you do when you’re grammar-shamed by the Princeton Review in an SAT prep book? If you’re Taylor Swift, you shake it off. Kind of. The singer-songwriter struck back at the publisher after one ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Amy: I have a co-worker who has terrible grammar. Sure, we all make grammar mistakes from time to time, but his is really bad all the time and people ...