Like recent letter-writer Joseph Koss, I went to grammar school many years ago. I conjugated verbs correctly and diagrammed sentences perfectly and with great enthusiasm. I was a word nerd, getting ...

Simon Heffer: There is such a thing as correct English. It is the standard form of communication used when one English speaker or writer wishes to ensure that he or she is not misunderstood by another ...

Study reveals whether social media users know the difference between formal and informal English A friend who teaches middle school English starts the school year with a lesson on how to e-mail ...

England has had a schools inspectorate since 1839, first in the form of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Schools and, since 1992, in the form of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services ...