It’s an exciting time for grammar, according to the experts. But there’s a need for fresh thinking and the word itself can be misleading Some of the country’s most eminent linguists came together for ...

Not every academic is a grammar geek. Yet most of us have pet peeves that tend to irk us when we spot them in our students’ work. And we’re spotting them more than ever, thanks to the hit that ...

Good grammar lessons help children become better writers, and you don’t need to know what a fronted adverbial is to help One unanticipated consequence of school closures and remote learning has been a ...

Do you know what a suffix is, or how to distinguish adjectives from adverbs? If you have a six or seven-year-old, the chances are they do. Or at least, the UK government now says they should – by the ...

Grammar instruction may have waned in some classrooms starting in the early 2000s, largely because the high-stakes tests required by the No Child Left Behind law didn’t assess grammar specifically.

The teaching of grammar – the ways that words are combined to make sentences – can be controversial. It often leads to debates about “correct English”, and can result in people being judged if their ...