The study of English syntax has a history going back to the late 17th century. Some fine chefs have worked in the grammatical kitchen since then; but it is a thin and adulterated broth that gets ...

Hwang Minsu from Korea writes: What is the difference in meaning between impossible mission and mission impossible? In English, many adjectives, including past participles, can come before or after ...

Adjectives: Martin Amis and Jonathan Raban are master users, but Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toni Morrison loathe them. So did Mark Twain, whose advice Ben Yagoda borrows for the title of his book When ...

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QUITE a few grammar rules are surprisingly badly known by people who make it their business to tell other people how to write. Many journalists apply the Associated Press style book to their prose as ...