When The Independent published Helen Coffey’s passionate eulogy for the semicolon – that misunderstood and underappreciated jewel of English punctuation – the reaction from our readers was ...

NEARLY a third of Brits admit to using “text speak” in a formal environment. According to translation service LanguageLine, many of us fall short in the grammar department. Take our quiz to find out ...

Texting may cause young people to forget how to use grammar, according to a study. Researchers at Penn State University gave middle school pupils a grammar test consisting only of things they had ...

Over the past year, Telegraph Education have published many quizzes covering grammar, maths, logic and spelling – not to mention many other specialist quizzes. Some have proved harder than others and ...

Understanding verb tenses is a fundamental part of mastering English grammar. Tenses tell us when an action happened – whether it's happening now, happened in the past, or will happen in the future.

WASHINGTON — A self-proclaimed word nerd is on a mission to answer your questions about language and grammar. Author and expert Ellen Jovin took her grammar table to the National Mall to answer ...