“It makes me mad when people say ‘literally’ when they mean ‘figuratively’ as it does sound stupid and confusing,” a poster on Quora wrote recently. “Is this normal?” In the replies, the top answer is ...

“Every outfit I tried on was either too casual, too loud or too frumpy.” A funny thing about language: When you use it without thinking, you usually do just fine. It’s only when you stop and question ...

Welcome to Part 2 of the Ultimate Spelling Challenge! 🗣️Over the next 28 questions, you won’t just spot misspellings…You’ll ...

What’s the difference between emoticons and emoji? How do I make product names (like the iPhone 7 or 6s) plural? That’s a sample of questions that Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, answers on a ...

Every outfit I tried on was either too casual, too loud or too frumpy. A funny thing about language: When you use it without thinking, you usually do just fine. It’s only when you stop and question ...

Questions are sentences that ask something. We use a question mark ? at the end of a sentence to show that we're asking a question. Questions are sentences which ask something. They end with a ...

Microsoft has taken an official stance on one of the internet’s most divisive questions, firmly coming down on the side of minimalism in the “one-space versus two-spaces after a sentence” debate. Word ...

For the verb be, we need is or are as question words. Study this telephone conversation. You are about to meet somebody you do not know: Are you older than me? ~ No, I'm not. We're the same age. Are ...

To celebrate, I offer these tips and insights into proper grammar and good writing from Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl. Fogarty, who produces the podcast “Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for ...