The Grammar Diva Blog - Bites of Grammar and Such

Grammar is an English word that comes from the Greek phrase grammatikē technē. This phrase means “the art of letters.”

Instant, Instants, Instance, Incident, Incidents, Incidence: It’s so confusing!

The practice of trick or treating began with the Celtic tradition of celebrating the end of the year by dressing up as evil spirits.

The Oxford Dictionary has added 1000 new words to its online dictionary in the latest quarterly update.  Many of these words are slang, such as manspreading and butt dialing. 

Possessives are one of the three cases in the English language (the other two are nominative and objective, but let’s not worry about those!).