A member of our Facebook Grammar Girl group recently wrote in with a question about plurals. He was wondering if we…
If you want a simple rule, the difference between “less” and “fewer” is straightforward: The traditional advice is that “fewer”…
Some of the most difficult questions I get are from non-native English speakers who want to know why we use…
Grammar Girl: What’s your favorite word and why? Juan Gomez-Jurado: In English language it’s “daffodil.” I’m not even a great…
The human brain is wired to look for patterns. Patterns like the golden ratio found in art and nature are…
Should you put a comma before Jr. or not? You see it both ways. Using a comma is an older…
Can you believe it’s already 2023? I feel like I hadn’t even gotten used to calling it 2022 yet. But…
Even award-winning authors have grammar preferences and peeves. When reading a great book by a great author, do you —…
When adults are ambushed with the concept of grammar, for example, when they meet someone who goes by the name…
Researching the word “funnest” and its close relation “funner” turned out to be a lot less fun than I had…