Wednesday is National Grammar Day, a time to celebrate good writing, strong syntax and proper punctuation. Grammar nerds likely cringed at that last sentence. It all depends on your feelings about the ...

A viral TikTok about the use of the Oxford comma has been viewed more than 854,000 times on Twitter and sparked debate among grammarians on the site. The TikTok, which went viral after being shared on ...

A CLASS-ACTION lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers hinged entirely on a debate that has bitterly divided friends, families and foes: the dreaded - or totally necessary - Oxford comma, perhaps ...

You’ve probably heard about the company in Maine that will end up shelling out around $10 million for lack of an Oxford comma. The New York Times explains it as follows: A class-action lawsuit about ...

The Environment Secretary took time out from important policy matters such as the badger cull and the rural economy to urge officials to employ simplicity in their briefing notes and to warn against ...

Stannis Baratheon is a hard man. The luckless Game of Thrones warrior wants to take the Iron Throne, and in his quest is guilty of all manner of horrors, even burning his own child. He punishes his ...

Grammar lovers today were saddened, shocked, and mightily displeased at the news that the P.R. department of the University of Oxford has decided to drop the comma for which it is so justly famed. As ...

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THE HEADTEACHER at one of Oxford’s biggest secondary schools has welcomed a government U-turn on setting up new grammar schools across the county and beyond. Theresa May had planned to lift a ban on ...