Because my no-nonsense mother habitually said “He don’t” and “She don’t,” and my moody steelworker father never opened a book after he quit school at 16, it may seem surprising that I became a ...

Now that we’re all out of English class, you might be asking yourself: do I still have to follow all of those strict grammar rules? The answer is “no.” We’re splitting infinitives, running amok with ...

Language is a funny thing. If you're reading this sentence, for example, there's a good chance that you speak and understand English perfectly well. But there's also a good chance that your English is ...