A special course has been developed so teachers can prepare almost 200,000 primary school leavers for a rigorous English test next summer after a shake-up by former education secretary Michael Gove.

Last year the government set out proposals to expand the number of grammar schools across England representing a significant shift in the education system. Such a change means costs and benefits, and ...

Grammar mistakes can easily undermine your credibility and hinder effective communication. From common errors in usage to punctuation blunders, it’s crucial to be aware of these mistakes and learn how ...

Not every academic is a grammar geek. Yet most of us have pet peeves that tend to irk us when we spot them in our students’ work. And we’re spotting them more than ever, thanks to the hit that ...

OUR lesson on sentence errors continues next week. Today, our focus is on expressions that are repetitive and redundant. Oftentimes in writing, some individuals use words that may be termed ...

A schoolgirl has given ­Education Secretary Michael Gove a lesson in grammar after spotting errors in an examination he ordered youngsters to take last week to raise standards. Rebecca Lee, 11, has ...

The Schools Secretary Ed Balls doesn't support selection and wants no more grammar schools. But, strangely, the number of pupils taught in grammar schools has increased by nearly a quarter while ...

Self-taught teacher Nevile Gwynne's grammar primer has garnered a cult following, and is about to go mainstream with a new, expanded version. Elizabeth Grice meets him. Nevile Gwynne prefers ...

A Hong Kong parent writes: it really frustrates me that my Year Six son cannot use apostrophes correctly. The teaching of the English language appears very arbitrary these days, and it seems that ...

Benjamin Miller works for the University of Sydney. University students across the nation will be handing in their first assignments of the academic year over the next few weeks. Academic staff will ...