How’s this for a depressing lede: “Scores on the critical reading portion of the SAT college entrance exam fell three + 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
There are a number of two-word phrases that, when combined into one word, cause a shift in grammatical function. For + more
“Hone in on.” Not only did I hear this phrase—twice—yesterday, I also saw it in print. (Granted, it was the + more
This is fascinating: a well-written product review (that is to say, with no spelling or grammar errors) tends to increase + more
My brother-in-law alerted me to some pretty fine writing from the world of real estate: Gracefully proportioned and built during + more
I think it was Erasmus who said that the desire to write grows with writing. It’s perhaps a bit presumptuous + more
It seems that any time someone laments the deterioration of our language, there’s a knee-jerk response from the perpetrators, smugly + more