Sarah Kiedron looks through a hole in a letter being auctioned off in 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Friday is National Grammar Day. Getty Images Friday is National Grammar Day, an unofficial annual ...

Language jokes are a unique wave of humor that does two hardly compatible things: cracks you up and makes your teacher proud.

…OK, maybe it is. The English language is chock-full of confusing rules—and we all know someone who loves nothing more than to passionately enforce them! Or perhaps you are that someone. If you love ...

John Sabine is a writer and performer in Chicago. He is a freelance contributor for Onion Labs and you can see him perform with The Second City, and at iO with The Late 90’s and The Improvised ...

The distinction between “you’re” and “your” might not look like much to some, but confusing the two can deeply annoy those of us who value good grammar.

Whether you loved school or hated it, chances are good that you had a teacher you loved. Someone who helped you understand a tough topic, introduced you to a great book, took a special interest in you ...

They’re just not current-ly on the same page. To catch some waves (and correct the tides of bad punctuation).