If you want to appear polished and intelligent, a great way to do that is to make sure you’re using proper grammar. Grammar seems like a small thing, but it can leave a big impression. There are many ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --In this digital age, we're more likely to text and tweet than to talk. Are we forgetting to use proper grammar? For years, we've been told that poor grammar can cost you an ...

Writing with proper grammar is one of the easiest ways to establish credibility. For example, when was the last time you trusted the guy who opened his email with “Hello please sirs and madam” and ...

Raise your hand if you liked sentence diagramming in school. Is your hand raised? If so: Really? Ew. For normal-ish people, diagramming, if not always a fun exercise, is one of many tools to help ...

I'm dictating this column (not comma) on my iPhone. I know, I know, it's a strange thing to do, but here's the story. My wife and I are driving to Cincinnati for Thanksgiving. Debbie is at the wheel ...

We all have our little obsessions, those events, people or things that provoke a passionate reaction in us, whether it's reasonable or not. For some it might be an unwavering devotion to a sports team ...

In response to my column highlighting amusing errors, a reader questioned my emphasis on proper grammar. "I enjoy reading your column," he wrote, "and I do try to write succinctly. However, in this ...

I once read that we have a hormone that provides a certain amount of inhibition against speaking our minds. As we age we lose that hormone. All I can say is, “uh-oh.” It’s already happening to me. I ...

Q. Am I wrong to expect my son’s second-grade teacher (who formerly taught fifth grade) to use proper grammar and spelling when writing to me via e-mail and when writing her blog entries? I can ...