When The Independent published Helen Coffey’s passionate eulogy for the semicolon – that misunderstood and underappreciated jewel of English punctuation – the reaction from our readers was ...

Answer these quiz questions and find out whether your English language skills are adequate or not! Do you 'throw the garbage' or 'throw out the garbage'? Did the cat 'jump the roof' or 'jump off the ...

Think your inner editor is up to the task? This quiz will put it to the ultimate test. We’ve mixed tricky grammar traps, ...

This tricky English quiz will put your knowledge to the test. The 20-question challenge, shared on US trivia platform Quizly, test players on their spelling, comprehension and grammar. It is so ...

Over the past year, I have received notes gently and not so gently pointing out grammatical errors that slipped into the pages of this newspaper. And so, I bring you the second annual edition of our ...

Texting may cause young people to forget how to use grammar, according to a study. Researchers at Penn State University gave middle school pupils a grammar test consisting only of things they had ...