Grammar nerds: It’s your day, National Grammar Day, all day Thursday. For those of us who struggled in high school, groaning if the English teacher mentioned the word “essay,” take heart.

According to linguistics expert Noam Chomsky, the simplest type of grammar is a “finite state grammar” or “FSG,” which dictates which types of words go near each other in a sentence.

Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With So Long, Sticklers In The Sense of Style , Steven Pinker settles a war among the scolds with a sensible approach to usage.

Rebecca: I'm Rebecca, I'm a tutor at Morley College at Beck, in Rotherhithe in South London and I work with adults of all ages who want to improve their literacy skills. When we talk about words ...