These seemingly innocuous terms are the bane of many a writer and speaker, consistently leading to grammatical pile-ups in sentences that should otherwise be cruising smoothly. They’re the subtle ...

Much has been written about the distinction between they’re, their, and there, when to use who vs. whom, and the difference between affect and effect. But tautologies? You’d be forgiven for hearing ...

English uses this strange grammatical structure to denote situations where a ... Let’s look more closely at the construction and function of these five causatives: 1) The causative “make.” The doer of ...