The Oxford comma. “Ask” instead of “aks.” There, their, and they’re. The legitimacy of “ain’t” and “y’all.” These are familiar, if sometimes contentious, issues in the usage of the English language.

If you learned about grammar in school, you were probably taught to think about “correct” and “incorrect” ways of using a language. Maybe you had to “unlearn” some grammar patterns that you heard at ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we have a special guest host. Betty Azar is the most ...

People get corrected on their language all the time. With written language, this is mostly about spelling and punctuation. In some cases, though, – especially when speaking – we’re pulled up on our ...