This article offers a brief introduction to the Ethiopic grammatical tradition. It engages in a discussion of selected terms used in the Ethiopic national grammars in the light of reference to and ...

I hope you are sheltering in place and staying healthy. I’m still not used to “shelter” as a verb, but I’m here for it. I’m here at home, parking my backside on my couch for the sake of my neighbors’ ...

Martha Brockenbrough, founder of The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, started National Grammar Day in 2008. Since then it has been held every year on March 4th, a date that also happens to ...

As one of the Mercury's resident word nerds (read: I enjoy figuring out whether words like "shit-ton" should or should not be hyphenated), it's come to my attention that we need a new language for ...

An authority on the English language has set us free from the tethers of what many have long regarded as a grammatical no-no. Or has it? The answer depends on how you side with a declaration from ...