Competition between the ‘Yankees’ and ‘Limeys’ (derogatory terms) spanning decades is, to a larger extent, responsible for the American and British versions of the English language. Out of this ...

Last year, I wrote of the rise of the young prescriptivist here on Fully (Sic). I mentioned the potential increase of prescriptive behaviour among young people, despite the introduction of a more ...

It may be a first: a grammar textbook that complains about grammar textbooks. “There is a long tradition of prescriptive [books] that are deeply flawed: They simply don’t represent things correctly or ...

Some days ago, I was invited by a school to assist their teachers. At one of the classes, I asked students what their favourite and not-so-favourite subjects were. The response was far from new. While ...