The English language can be so confusing. As a copy editor, my task is to correct mistakes in grammar and style. Does this make me an expert? Definitely not. I recently came across a post that one of ...

In an online quiz with readers, Andrew Brown offered tips on how to speak correct English. It is not uncommon for most of us to be influenced by our regional language while communicating in English.

Forming a grammatically correct sentence may seem to require advanced cognitive skills, but it turns out that our creative language capacity might rely on a less sophisticated system than is commonly ...

When I write, I keep two primary principles in mind. First, I use as few words as necessary to convey an idea. Second, I ensure that every sentence is sequenced in the correct order. If a word is not ...

Last year, the state Legislature made a wise policy decision to end the outdated practice of automatically lengthening a person’s sentence because of offenses the person committed as a teenager. That ...