I try to be a positive force both in this column and my workaday life, so I was surprised to find this email from Mark Taylor in my inbox: "Look at this headline with a triple negative: 'Harder to ...

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Brits have been challenging themselves to complete a Year 6 SATs grammar test question - but it turns out they are pretty rusty. In May 2024, Year 6 students will have done with SATs grammar tests, ...

My point of departure on this research path is the observation that some of us have different grammatical generalizations from others. For example, while some people would say (1), others would say (2 ...

While spellings such as ‘conscience’, ‘liaison’ and ‘fluorescent’ give Brits a headache, it is the more modern dictionary inclusions which baffle most ONE in ten British adults don’t know when to use ...

What makes language special is part of what makes us special, so understanding what language is made of and how we learn it brings us closer to our human nature. Is language special because it runs on ...