Pieces on language, pedantry, poetry and grammar with a glimpse of the humanity of language
Does your ire fire up when you hear someone use literally in the following context: “She literally chewed my ear off, going on and on about…
Most Americans cannot tell the difference between the verbs lay (to place) and lie (to recline).
Despite my fear of offending, I will continue to write.
Part One
The 5 most annoying unsubscribe messages and what to do instead
How do we ‘conversate’ if we don’t share a common ‘voculberry’?
Sometimes proper English sounds strange to us.
The impact of saying enough—and nothing more.
Complexity, Minimalism, and Bilingual Poetry
It’s tough being Dr Esperanto
The Weird, True Story Behind Good Speech (a.k.a “Theeeeaahtah Voice”)
Communicating with Minimal English in W. Africa
Why should anyone make words in the age of the image?
The risk of rants and aphorisms.
Why Editing is Important
The Revival of the Latin 4th Declension Plural
Mixing it up, for pleasure’s sake
Everyone has a right to speak their mother tongue
How one man’s spelling rules made me a true American
Three simple rules to keep your punctuation marks in their right place
Data’s story in grammar
A data-journey for one word that goes both ways
Just type: --- Stammering: “I’m lost,” is a losing start I stall.
Language is easy; writing is hard. has no stories yet.
