Sometimes, what might have been never stops mattering. By Jean Chen Ho I’ve always had an unstable relationship to time. Maybe that’s because in Chinese, my first language, verbs aren’t conjugated.

My $18 Associated Press Stylebook wouldn’t tell me. My $8 Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style” wouldn’t tell me. My $55 “Chicago Manual of Style” wouldn’t tell me. “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From Mr Michael Nimetz. Sir, Why does the FT persist in banishing the subjunctive mode from its pages? Your ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...