Grammar columnist June Casagrande outlines a few concepts that come up in bad writing and how to avoid them. A Word, Please: Here are some tangible ways to fix bad sentences - Los Angeles Times ...

Strictly speaking, grammar is the unique patterns of a language, the system of how speakers can put together words and sentences. Grammar encompasses morphology (how to form words), syntax (how to ...

That’s a bad sentence. ... “Sentences with this ungainly construction seem much on the rise, although samples can be found in older sources,” notes Garner’s Modern American Usage.

I saw a fascinating online grammar discussion recently that I was eager to discuss in this column. But I can't. It contained a bad word, by which I mean a great word — one of those anatomically ...

"Since I gave up hope, I feel much better." The slacker attitude of this once-popular bumper sticker has gone the way of Lehman Brothers and pension plans. But if we apply the same idea to grammar ...