Penultimate. Veni, Vidi, Vici. Smidge.
New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.
Editing an Anthology: 'Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed'
Is That a Tombstone, Gravestone, or Headstone? Why Is the Sound of a Human Scream So Terrifying?
Using Present Tense in a Story About the Past. Beck and Call. Tie-Dye Trees.
Surprise! These Names Are Trademarks. How to Write 'Dos and Don'ts' (or Is That 'Do's and Don'ts'?). Wording Your Mixes.
The Hedonometer and Your Feelings. What Does 'Schnozz' Mean?
How Do You Pronounce 'Tomato'? Why Is 'Chiropractic' Singular. Fish.
The Power of Very Specific Words, with Joel Schwartzberg
How to Really Talk Like a Pirate. When Do You Need a Comma Before 'Because'?
Why and When 'Very Unique' Is Wrong. Capitalizing 'Delta Variant' (or Not). Happy to You.
Naked Idioms. Short-Lived. Capitalizing Earth. Hector Protector.
The Origin of 'Honeymoon.' 'Where' Versus 'In Which.' Fevesteter.
Weird Words for Alcohol. Starting a Sentence with 'However.' Fam-ished.
How Storytelling Makes a Difference (and How to Do It Well)
What's the Opposite of Deja Vu? Commas Between Adjectives
The Best Stories from 15 Years of Grammar Girl
What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.
'Fish' or 'Fishes'? Why Do We Call Out 'Nothing' as 'Bupkis'?
'If' Versus 'Whether.' Why We Say 'The Exception That Proves the Rule.'
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