HAPPY National Grammar Day, everyone. Today's offering is only marginally on grammar. We've asked "What is grammar anyway?" here at Johnson. The layperson would almost certainly answer "those ...

ELON, N.C. — My favorite bumper sticker I’ve never seen: Commas matter. So I’ve always thought, and do still believe with the passion of one whose knuckles were rapped for grammatical errors. I mean ...

With guest host Jane Clayson. They call her the Comma Queen. Lessons on life and language with the New Yorker’s ultimate grammar editor, Mary Norris. Some standard copy editing marks on an essay.

Wednesday is National Grammar Day, a time to celebrate good writing, strong syntax and proper punctuation. Grammar nerds likely cringed at that last sentence. It all depends on your feelings about the ...

Young woman writing on diary while chilling at the park. (Leonardo Patrizi/Getty Images/iStockphoto) My favorite bumper sticker I’ve never seen: Commas matter. So I’ve always thought, and do still ...

Today, we’re kicking off a video series devoted to language in all its facets: grammar, syntax, vocabulary, spelling, usage, and punctuation. As much as possible, we’ll use current issues of the ...

Grammar nerds are a committed league who often fight the good fight in the hope of seeing their victories spelled out on the page. But every once in a while, the consequences of proper punctuation ...

I am compelled to respond to Alan Warhaftig’s online Commentary “No Wiz at Grammar” (Sept. 24, 2007). While many of his criticisms of the grammar and punctuation J.K. Rowling uses in her most recent ...

HAPPY National Grammar Day, everyone. Today's offering is only marginally on grammar. We've asked "What is grammar anyway?" here at Johnson. The layperson would almost certainly answer "those ...