You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

Grammar is what gives sense to language .... sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And the business of the study of sentences is grammar.