In a world where we talk about keyboard shortcuts, we are shortcutting the English language. Verbs like “are” have become “r,” the dignified pronoun “you” has become “u,” and messaging has replaced ...

That or which? Lie or lay? And where does that pesky comma go? The woman — or girl — who’s built a personal empire around guiding students and professionals through the thickets of grammar and usage ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Some people might view grammar as a set of confusing and complicated rules that must be followed.

Les Miles, like many coaches, has a habit of dancing around questions, giving imprecise responses. So one LSU professor thought perhaps his students could help Miles out. Communications professor Jay ...

Steven Donahue complains that the trashy talk in pop culture -- the pervasive slang on television and hip-hop records -- is showing up too often in the college papers he grades. Mr. Donahue, a ...

Always start out your email with a polite “Dear” or “Hello” followed by your professor’s name/title (Dr. XYZ, Professor XYZ, etc.). If you’re not sure what their proper title is, using “Professor” ...

Here’s an opinion you don’t hear much in the education world. Acclaimed professor and educational researcher Sugata Mitra suggested in an interview a British magazine that he no longer thinks it’s ...

On May 1, 2017 Prof. Meichun Liu, Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Translation of the City University of Hong Kong, gave a talk entitled: "The Chinese Mind: what does Chinese tell us about ...