THERE are times when we just feel that even the passive voice falls short of giving us the desired emphasis for what we want ...

Examples are versions of something that are typical and can help us understand something. There are some words that we often ...

English teachers might have told students the word "each" is pronoun that gets a singular verb, but that's only part of the ...

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Developing students’ language skills can be more engaging with games that address vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, ...

From Sally Rooney to Richard Powers, the authors we spent time with this year provided a lot of quotable wit and wisdom.

For example, starting with “Explain how the solar system was made” will give a more detailed result with more paragraphs than “How was the solar system made,” even though both inquiries ...

Experimenting with different genres and grammar conventions allows students to see why we follow certain rules—and which ones ...

Murphy said the clemency board he set up determined that each of them had “accepted responsibility for their actions” and were setting a positive example for others in their community.

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of almost 1,500 people and pardoned another 39, the most ever in a single day, the White House announced on Thursday. The White House said in its ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning ...