I was a dyslexic child and during the school holidays my mother used to put me through the daily chore of reading out the Country diary as dictation, so I could practise my spelling. Although a ...

He walks softly and carries a big stick. He uses it to make marks that look like little sticks. He prowls the streets at night, terrorizing shopkeepers and sign makers alike. But I’m betting regular ...

Iain Wood from Belgium asks: When I went to school, the apostrophe was used to integrate another word, such as 'it's mine' (it is mine). But when the apostrophe was placed AFTER the word, such as ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Apostrophes are flooding the market – and mostly in all the wrong places. Old time teachers of English grammar must be turning over in their graves. Even ...

The passing of the Apostrophe Preservation Society (Report, 2 December) is deeply regretted by the Queen’s English Society. We will carry on the fight for clear, accurate English, including correct ...

Re: Feb. 18 letter "Apostrophe catastrophe." The letter writer asks why apostrophes are so often misused. The answer is simple. We've become a nation of non-readers or, at best, careless readers.