Call them grammar snobs or grammar nerds but we all have that one friend whose biggest turn off is wrongly spelt words or poorly constructed sentences. In short, they are sure to judge people who ...

A study published in March suggests what we've all long suspected: People who are obsessed with grammar aren't as nice as the rest of us. For the study, scientists Julie Boland and Robin Queen from ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan found that individuals with these personality traits hold higher opinions of those with poor spelling and grammar. Of course, this confirms ...

BRITISH children will soon go back to school. As they settle into their English lessons, they will be made to learn grammar, spelling and punctuation as if these were as fixed as the stars in the sky.

Grammar schools perform no better than non-selective state schools, once their pupils' higher ability and wealth is taken into account, a study suggests. Academics at Durham University found the ...

Children are able to comprehend complex grammar at a younger age than previously believed, a new study shows. When learning a language, young children must understand the meaning of words as well as ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally published at HNN. Abraham Lincoln’s formal ...