Not every academic is a grammar geek. Yet most of us have pet peeves that tend to irk us when we spot them in our students’ work. And we’re spotting them more than ever, thanks to the hit that ...

I LOVED, loved Joan Wickersham’s column, “Navigating the grammatical thicket” (Op-ed, Feb. 22). I will never forget learning grammar lessons. In the 1960s, I was a student at the Silver Bluff ...

In response to my column highlighting amusing errors, a reader questioned my emphasis on proper grammar. "I enjoy reading your column," he wrote, "and I do try to write succinctly. However, in this ...