We’re sorry to see you go

The 5 most annoying unsubscribe messages and what to do instead

The Closing Quotation Mark Dilemma

Three simple rules to keep your punctuation marks in their right…

Advisor or Adviser

A data-journey for one word that goes both ways

I Literally Don’t Care How You Use the Word “Literally”

Data are Beautiful

Data’s story in grammar

Lay It Down and Lie Low

The Battle Between Two Misunderstood Verbs

Most Americans cannot tell the difference between the verbs lay (to place) and lie (to recline). It’s a sad truth. Actually, most Americans think that lay means both to place and to recline…

-us-es? A Plural Revolution

The Revival of the Latin 4th Declension Plural

I like to write. It calms me. It provides a release. And, let’s be honest, it feeds my ego. All of these then are impet…. What? Impetuses? The snobbish out there would say that…

The War on Wordsmiths

Why should anyone make words in the age of the image?

The Strange Case of He Versus Him, and Other Pronoun (Mis)applications

Sometimes proper English…

Writer’s Remorse

Despite my fear of offending, I will continue to write.