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There’s been a lot of ink spilled on the Oxford comma, the comma that goes before “and” in a list of three or more things. Is it a grammatical must or an unnece… ...
Better than finding excuses — or implying that good grammar is an attitude of old white folks — our efforts might be better directed at teaching the rules by which the real world abides.
Wednesday is National Grammar Day, a time to celebrate good writing, strong syntax and proper punctuation. Grammar nerds likely cringed at that last sentence. It all depends on your feelings about ...
The best grammar schools in the UK for getting a place at Oxford or Cambridge university Use our interactive tools to show results for grammar schools across the country, or search by your ...
The Oxford Comma Case Proves We Need New Employment Laws, Not Better Grammar The plight of a Maine company demonstrates how ridiculous employment law is.
Oxford Nanopore and PathoQuest intend the ISA test to be the first in a line of sequencing-based quality control test solutions targeting the biopharma genetic characterisation and safety markets.
The pupils from Oxford Spires Academy were crowned winners in the National Literacy Trust's annual competition, which challenges school teams across the country to test their book knowledge.
A recent cartoon by The New Yorker 's Emily Flake perfectly captures how one of the most agonizing debates between grammar nerds might even manage to get in the way of a marriage.
Around the Web Watch: How good is your grammar? A TikTok video explains the uses of the Oxford comma At least it has sparked off a social media on grammar.
THE HEADTEACHER at one of Oxford’s biggest secondary schools has welcomed a government U-turn on setting up new grammar schools across the county and beyond.
Oxford has been branded Britain’s least socially inclusive university with new data showing more than 60 per cent of its students went to private or grammar school.