The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar — which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas. Nonnative ...

Ms. Choksondik: The adjective form is now also acceptable. For example, “The weather outside is shitty.” However, the literal adjective is not appropriate. For example, “My bad diarrhea made the ...

‘The’ is the most commonly used word in English. ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’ uses all 26 letters of the English alphabet and is called a pangram. Most average adult English speakers ...