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A correspondent writes to ask: 'What is the difference between The window was broken with a brick and The window was broken by a brick ...

A correspondent writes to ask 'Who are these correspondents who always introduce your posts?' Well, like this one, I have no idea, u...

A correspondent writes to ask about the sentence The meeting ended inconclusive , which he says he has seen in newspaper report headlines. H...

A school correspondent writes to point to a change in usage. In my Discover Grammar (p. 37) I list some sentences where someone has used tr...

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...