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A correspondent cites these sentences from a grammar book: I'll meet you _____. (a) on Sunday at 8 o'clock at Heathrow Airport (b) a...

A correspondent writes to ask whether I've heard the usage to contact someone with someone . He had come across it on the Jajah website,...

The Guardian does some interesting 'top tens', but none more so than the one which has just appeared. Peter Austin , who directs th...

A correspont writes to say he is having trouble with nominalisations. He cites a style guide which advises its readers to shun them, turn th...

A correspondent writes to ask whether the conjunctions because , since , as , and for are interchangeable - as in She was late for class be...

A correspondent wonders about the 'unusual' grammar of the phrase Team GB , as used for the Olympics team. It reminds him of a North...

Someone (presumably a daily blogger) with a sharp eye has noticed the absence of posts on this site during most of July, and wondered why. I...