Following up on yesterday’s post (scroll down), here’s an application that uses a super-secret algorithm to determine, from a writing + more
Following up on yesterday’s post (scroll down), here’s an application that uses a super-secret algorithm to determine, from a writing + more
Speaking of bad writing, it seems the winners of the 2010 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest have been announced. Named for Edward + more
To those who read the last word and say, “Hey, I can do that”—and then wonder what’s to stop them + more
A few years ago, the journal Philosophy and Literature sponsored the Bad Writing Contest, its aim to celebrate “the most + more
Last weekend—and, it turns out, for the first time in my life—I read a Sports Illustrated article from beginning to + more
So I was reading a news release from a reputable NYSE-listed corporation the other day, and I came across the + more
Jessica Love (seriously, that’s her name), a PhD candidate in cognitive psychology at Ohio State University, talks about how she’s + more
Joseph Epstein writes about one of my favorite pastimes: finding typos in published work. Apart from the smug self-satisfaction that + more
Upon winning the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, Kathleen Parker thanks her high school English teacher. Nice touch. If I ever + more
Following up on a previous post, there’s another great resource out there for writers of all stripes—even if the very + more
As a celebrated writer of no small renown, I’m often asked by those who would imitate my astonishing career trajectory + more
Speaking of writing habits that chafe me, I’d like to say a word or two about the comma. As many + more
In this, the first in an ongoing series devoted to shining the clear light of reason on bad English (that + more