According to language legend, a classified ad once made this intriguing offer: Antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers. And if you believe that one, I have another: Mixing ...

A phrase is a group of two or more words that does not contain a subject and a verb working together. There are many types of phrases, including verb phrases, adverb phrases, and adjective phrases.

About two years ago, I conducted an informal survey among those whose proficiency in English is fairly good to find out which aspect of English they found difficult to master. Those who took part in ...

Co-ordinating units of writing must all be of the same grammatical kind. This is what is referred to as preserving parallel structure. For instance, nouns must match with nouns, adjectives with ...

Inter alia, last week's column discussed the preposition 'with'. That was prompted by a quoted passage that failed to adequately convey what the writer intended. In addition, we often come across ...