Harold in Clifton Park, N.Y., wrote recently to ask me about the grammar of the sentences “I couldn’t care less” and “I could care less.” Until then, I thought there were just two kinds of people in ...

Do you think your one hour of research on WebMD makes you qualified to self-diagnose? Then you might be surprised to find that learning a programming syntax in a three week online course does not make ...

When it comes to human language, syntax — the set of rules for arranging words and phrases to impart meaning — is important. People might understand what you meant if you declared “to the store I go ...