Sportscaster Erin Andrews was talking on the Fox NFL pregame show the other day, and I heard her say someone was “fixiated” on something. This actually is a pretty good word for someone… ...

National Public Radio not long ago asked its listeners and NPR.org readers to nominate the “most misused word or phrase.” It got a tremendous response and ended up producing a top 10 list of ...

Whom is an object. It replaces him or her.We're supposed to say, "Whom do you love" because the answer is "I love him, or her."We do not say, "I love he or she.". I don't mean to sound pedantic ...

The grammar police belong in the 18th ... In an interview on BBC Radio 4’s ... The fact that “children will be expected to understand how to use the subjunctive” was trumpeted as a key ...

When Barack Obama was inaugurated in 2009, the oath of office was administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is known for being a stickler for correct grammar.

An eccentric British grammar scold named N.M. Gwynne wants to take English back to the good old days, and readers are eating it up Starting last spring, a new figure began popping up everywhere on ...

The key, as this column has noted in the past, is that language is constantly evolving. Something that’s acceptable can become unacceptable, and vice versa, depending on how it’s used in our ...