Grammar guru

oving grammarian Ellen Jovin travels all across the country with her “Grammar Table” to tackle hot-button topics (capitalization chaos! Oxford comma disputes! semicolon phobia!) and answer questions from passersby. Pick up her new book, Rebel With a Clause (Mariner), a conversational guide to English language rules, errors and linguistic debates, and check out her grammar test and tips here.

—Megan O’Neill Melle