Day in, day out, Newtonian physics works pretty well. If you are driving in rain or snow, particularly if you are in one of those SUVs the size of a minor suburb, you would do well to remember ...

We use used to for either habits or states in the past. Would is used only for past habits, not for past states. Elena used to visit her grandson on Saturdays, but now she visits him on Sundays.

They travel pretty easily across Niagara Falls, too: Americans used to talk about open floor plans, but now we watch HGTV shows, 90 percent of which appear to come from Toronto, and suddenly it ...

Even A Grammar Geezer Like Me Can Get Used To Gender Neutral Pron For anyone struggling to use "they" as a singular pronoun, linguist Geoff Nunberg says: Just practice. He believes human language ...

Poor grammar on a website is usually a sign that a company probably should not be trusted, particularly when it comes to parting with money. Also of interest: See our post on OTE (On Target earnings) ...

Rusty Barrett, a linguistics professor at the University of Kentucky, said the claim would not even hold up in the scripture's original Greek. “The claim is based on modern English grammar, and ...

The grammar used by Donald Trump in his speeches as he campaigned to become the Republican presidential candidate corresponds to that used by students aged 11 and under.

9. Errors annoy people, as I annoyed Paula in my last column when I wrongly questioned the use of "secrete" in this sentence: "The offenders range from international banks to small-town mortgage ...

There’s speculation that poor grammar is used to weed out people who are paying attention—if you notice the poor grammar, you’re too smart for the scammers to bother with.

I used not to like contemporary dance, but now I do. Used you to play the organ in church before you became a monk? in 1996/last month etc. - usually/frequently/often etc.

The ‘would rather’ construction is a bit tricky. Used to state that one prefers one thing to the other, it has two patterns, and this is actually what makes it intriguing to handle.