Feel like you’re geting the rough end of the pineapple? Don’t worry—you may yet land with your bum in the + more
Feel like you’re geting the rough end of the pineapple? Don’t worry—you may yet land with your bum in the + more
My daughter told me a joke the other day: “Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “To.” “To who?” “To whom.” Pretty good, + more
Should dictionaries tell you how language should be used? Or should they simply report on language as it’s actually being + more
In a letter to his mother, T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) extolled the virtues of a good book: “…if + more
In honor of National Punctuation Day today (yay!), The Atlantic gathered some writers to talk about their favorite marks. If I had to choose + more
Here’s something that occasionally pops up: Is it into or in to? Into is a preposition that tells the reader + more
Asked to respond to some rather scurrilous charges of plagiarism, Bob Dylan has choice words for his Rolling Stone interlocutor: + more
I totally need a smoke right now.
Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit and founder of the software company Dozuki, administers a grammar test to all prospective employees. + more
Rarely do we get political here at the last word, but this is really too much. I know, I know. + more
Academics don’t write to be read; they write to be published, says Barton Swaim. As to why their writing is + more
This is an old post, but it’s worth revisiting. Turns out people care about good writing. Who knew? Via Grammar + more
The winners of the 2012 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest have been announced. Though this year’s entries seem, on balance, to be + more
No doubt using a series of insanely complicated algorithms engineered by the finest minds of our generation, this meticulously calibrated diagnostic + more
And it’s in section A-1 of today’s Los Angeles Times. Earlier in my career, the sight of something like this + more