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HAPPY National Grammar Day, everyone. Today's offering is only marginally on grammar. We've asked "What is grammar anyway?" here at Johnson. The layperson would almost certainly answer "those ...

Not every academic is a grammar geek. Yet most of us have pet peeves that tend to irk us when we spot them in our students’ work. And we’re spotting them more than ever, thanks to the hit that ...

Hi everyone! I hope you had a rejuvenating spring break! As you all return to your classes this week, I am beginning my six-week-long Easter vacation here in Oxford (or “Vac,” as they like to call it) ...

Use commas for lists, dialogue and complex sentences. The hungry comma chameleon is looking for tasty commas to eat. This literary lunching lizard needs your help to find the hidden commas in each ...

There’s film on Netflix that piqued my interest. Here’s how “Mid90s” is described on the streaming service: “A lonely boy escapes his troubled home life by latching on to a group of older, skater kids ...

“Although there are no hard and fast grammatical rules, it’s better to err on the side of caution, following rules that courts have recognized.” To quote a popular saying: “Let’s eat grandpa. Let’s ...

ELON, N.C. — My favorite bumper sticker I’ve never seen: Commas matter. So I’ve always thought, and do still believe with the passion of one whose knuckles were rapped for grammatical errors. I mean ...