You don't realize it, but you're both a grammar snob and a grammar slob. Sure, you roll your eyes at those fools who use language more sloppily than you do -- but you also get annoyed at those uptight ...

The laws of grammar may be arbitrary, as those who would simply dismiss them assert. But arbitrary laws are just the ones that need enforcement. Most of my fellow linguists, in fact, would say that it ...

Bryan A. Garner, the founder of LawProse, is the author of “Garner’s Modern American Usage” and the editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary. Robert Lane Greene Robert Lane Greene, an international ...