Yes, this column will be both delightful and “decorous,” for Grammar Dog has declared that no four-letter words beginning ...

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This past spring, Microsoft released its list of the top 10 grammar mistakes in the English language. The flubs, culled from the editing tools in the company’s software, were reported in an article at ...

On the right-hand side look for ‘When correcting spelling in Grammar and Word’ section. When found, click the drop-down arrow under Writing Style: and select Grammar & Style. Now, if you would like to ...

Words that begin with "any" can cause a problem in writing. A few examples: "anytime," "anyone" and "anyway." A reader asked how she could know whether to write these terms as one word or as two.

Active voice keeps readers interested and engaged. You can use Microsoft Word features to find passive verbs, and even entire passive sentences, while you compose your documents. Configure the Word ...

It’s a peculiar observation that the more people speak a language, the simpler its grammar tends to be. English and Mandarin, for instance, have notably straightforward structures. On the other hand, ...

“It makes me mad when people say ‘literally’ when they mean ‘figuratively’ as it does sound stupid and confusing,” a poster on Quora wrote recently. “Is this normal?” In the replies, the top answer is ...

Microsoft Word is all too easy to hate. As one of my colleagues at Slate put it in a recent conversation, the venerable program’s ubiquity makes it a bit like the cable company of the software world: ...

The lexicographer Kory Stamper’s new book, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, is an eloquent defense of a “live and let live” approach to English. Well, you know what they say about ...