I recently fielded questions about two subject-verb agreement errors that readers noticed in the media. One was heard on an NPR program. The other was committed by, um, a columnist who should have ...

The subject-verb agreement is tricky in a sentence or dependent clause that begins with the words "there, that, which, who," or "what" because they are not real subjects to determine agreement. You ...

Many of the grammar mistakes people warn you about are sheer fiction. The old “Don’t split an infinitive” is the quintessential example. Putting an adverb like ...