Courtesy of McSweeney’s, “Seven Bar Jokes Involving Grammar and Punctuation”: A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a + more
Courtesy of McSweeney’s, “Seven Bar Jokes Involving Grammar and Punctuation”: A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a + more
In a piece about the future of punctuation, Henry Hitchings mentions the unmentionable: that graphic designers might be at least + more
J. Maureen Henderson offers up some thoughtful advice on the nuts and bolts of writing, a counter to the typical + more
Elmore Leonard turns 86 today.
One of our intrepid readers—let’s call him “Curtis”—writes in to complain about the nounification of certain verbs: When did the + more
Random samples I threw into the mix resulted in scores ranging from 72 to 81 percent—or from “go ahead and + more
How’s this for a depressing lede: “Scores on the critical reading portion of the SAT college entrance exam fell three + more
Good writing is all about having the right tools at your disposal. Knowing the rules of grammar, for instance, helps + more
People keep telling me they’d read more if they had time. That lame excuse no longer holds water. Behold Book-a-Minute! + more
In the memoir portion of Stephen King’s On Writing, there’s a great line about…well, let’s just quote the man, shall + more
In an article on how to become a faster writer, Michael Agger quotes Stony Brook professor Robert Boice: “Binge writing—hypomanic, + more
Yes, it’s a real label. No, I don’t care to comment.
Sue Fondrie, associate professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, is the winner of the 2011 + more
If you’re not outraged, you haven’t seen this—in which we read that, in yet another step on the long march + more
You won’t find the answer at the last word. Instead, shoot on over to the Scientific American’s Guest Blog to + more