The ad that started it all. Burger King touts its Whopper Jr. with a single open quote instead of the correct apostrophe. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly Have you ever ...

People who care about grammar care about it a lot. And for everyone who cares about grammar (and even some people who don’t), there are certain misspellings, wrong usages, and grammatical errors that ...

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Most of the people who read this column do so because they enjoy learning about grammar, usage and style. Like me, they actually find the stuff interesting and useful. But now that I think about it: ...

There’s a fair chance that at some point you’ve been told that you’re using hopefully wrong: Purists insist that it can only mean “in a hopeful manner” and not “it is to be hoped that.” But who are ...

Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century ...

Writing with proper grammar is one of the easiest ways to establish credibility. For example, when was the last time you trusted the guy who opened his email with “Hello please sirs and madam” and ...

Grammar has been getting attention in the media lately, and for good reason. Because I am over 50 and I was raised by grammar sticklers, I am sympathetic to managers’ complaints about rampant grammar ...

WHY DO PEOPLE buy books on English usage? The obvious answer, “for authoritative advice”, doesn’t square with what people actually buy. For decades the best-selling grammar book in the ...

People get hyped about hyphens. Hyphens are tricky creatures that can't be summed up in a few words. They are sometimes overused, other times underused. They follow a few rules then haphazardly ignore ...

Most people say their perception of a company changes when they notice that it has made a grammar mistake, according to recent research from Tidio. The report was based on data from a survey of 1,839 ...