Many students are confused about grammar and sentence structure – so should universities teach it explicitly? Words image from www.shutterstock.com Imagine a student turning up at university and not ...

English grammar may look easy at first. But we all make silly errors without even realising it. Most of you write or speak English with confidence. But later you realise a small mistake has flipped ...

After 20 years of teaching academic writing to both native speakers and English language learners, I can attest that at some point, just about everyone asks me why, or even whether, grammar matters.

You may find English difficult to speak if you don’t use it every day. You may know all the grammar rules and a variety of words. But you fail to use them during the conversation. So, why does this ...