Grammar books, and hundreds of websites out there, are appallingly confused about statements, questions, orders, and exclamations. Most of the problem lies in their failure to distinguish syntax from ...

In a recent essay in The Guardian about whether America can ever recover from what happened after 9/11, the American feature writer Gary Younge says: An effective response to 9/11 that would have ...

Caminando is a Japanese company that makes really nice boots in Mexico. Ronnie Fieg is a designer that sells really nice shoes and boots in Manhattan. You’re a guy with some disposable income ...

Ernest Hemingway was the master of the simple, declarative sentence during his time. By contrast, when Saul Bellow came along, he wrote descriptive sentences full of verbal energy. “This was a great ...