It’s incredible how little we talk about grammar these days. The days of learning about the use of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs seem over. No mention of the lovely proposition either ...

When I recently explained why teaching grammar in primary school still matters, Radio 4’s Today programme invited me to debate the importance of standard English. My opponent was Nevile Gwynne, a ...

When I recently explained why teaching grammar in primary school still matters, Radio 4’s Today programme invited me to debate the importance of standard English. My opponent was Nevile Gwynne, a ...

Competition between the ‘Yankees’ and ‘Limeys’ (derogatory terms) spanning decades is, to a larger extent, responsible for the American and British versions of the English language. Out of this ...

Fox News contributor Leo Terrell on Tuesday slammed a Towson University professor's claim that "standard English" is racist, saying that it's insulting to minorities to claim that correct grammar is ...

Standard English is the form of English that is taught around the world and understood by all speakers of the language. Non-standard English is the informal version of the language, which can change ...

Many GCSE English students did not realise that phrases such as "get off of" and "she was stood" were grammatically incorrect. It comes amid fears that the use of social networking websites and mobile ...

Standard English and Received Pronunciation are the same thing Standard English is not about speaking in a posh accent. Linguists concur that anyone who speaks in the accent known as received ...