One of the most interesting questions I’ve gotten recently was from a colleague who had come across the phrase “one of the living writers who really matter.” The use of “matter” instead of “matters” ...

We will now take up relative pronouns as our sixth and last reference word strategy to clarify and enliven written or spoken prose without needless repetition. Recall that a relative pronoun links a ...

Answer these questions and find out just how good you are with relative pronouns in English grammar! Illustration: Uttam Ghosh 'The man who you just spoke to is my father.' 'This is the house that my ...

This week’s column deals with two queries sent in by a reader from Chennai. The first query is about the relative pronoun “who” and the second query is about portmanteau words. Which of these two ...

Some people are bothered by the use of “that” instead of “who” when the relative pronoun refers to a person, not a thing. Is there grammar for cats? in reference to a person. The general rule is that ...