Not long ago while editing a series of articles, I noticed that the writer had strange ideas about where to put adverbs. Many were placed before the verbs and some before the subjects, too. “He ...

And if the colon introduces two or more sentences, always start with a capital letter. Split infinitives. No such thing. Really. The whole “Don’t split an infinitive” rule is a big myth. Feel free “to ...

Adriana, learning English in Canada, writes: I have been studying English since I came to Canada, about four years now, but because there are so many exceptions to rules, it's hard for me to apply ...

You may like to differentiate between using the traditional future forms of 'I will' and 'I'm going to' by using phrases that convey a future meaning, eg 'I plan to' and 'I hope to'. These verbs ...