Farewell, subjunctive mood. Nice to have known you. This year's obsequies are prompted by editorials in two respected journals. In February, The New York Times discussed the proposed merger of two ...
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes about Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark Roy Peter Clark, a writing guru at the Poynter Institute, writes this week about a grammar subject near and dear to my heart: the ...
A BIZARRE back-and-forth in congressional hearings over whether Lurita Doan, the head of the General Services Administration, improperly politicised her work. (The GSA is meant to provide computers ...
Olly Jezek from the Czech Republic writes: Please could you explain how to use the subjunctive? E.g.: ‘It’s important that the lesson be funny.’ When should we use ‘be’ and why? Maria Goranova from ...