Anyone who knows, or intuitively understands, that two words describing a noun are hyphenated ends up writing some compounds ...

'The apostrophe's chequered history poses enormous challenges not only for learners of English, but clearly for native speakers too'. Photo: Alamy What did the apostrophe ever do to deserve this? To ...

Apostrophes are the curly floating commas in sentences that usually indicate possession or a contraction. There are a few set phrases and holidays, however, that also use apostrophes. In fact, ...

English has rules. Teachers insist on them. Exams depend on them. Grammar books list them carefully. And yet, English breaks its own rules all the time. Take pl ...