The conventional grammar wisdom is that turning verbs into nouns — or what is termed “nominalization” in linguistics — is bad for the health of one's prose. The evidence is painfully clear. Take this ...

However, there are many types of noun and noun phrase in English, and it can be difficult to know if a particular noun takes a singular verb (such as DOES / HAS / AM / IS ) or a plural verb (DO / HAVE ...

The dog days of summer are blanketing us, so it's a perfect time for our Annual Collection of Pet Peeves. Please send me your current favorite examples of poorly written or spoken language. In a ...