Grammar News: Page 4
The Perils Of Email Communication (May 16, 2006): The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article about why email is so easily misunderstood by the recipient.
Words Worth Saving (March 7, 2006): Ian Brookes is the editor of the Chambers Dictionary, which is published in Scotland by Chambers Harrap Publishers.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the Missing Hyphen (December 14, 2005): The missing hyphen from the 40-Year-Old Virgin has mysteriously reappeared with the DVD release.
Podcast is the Word of the Year (December 8, 2005): Editor and Publisher reports the New Oxford American Dictionary has declared that the term "podcast" is the Word of the Year.
Website Offers Searchable Database of Cliches (November 23, 2005): The Cliché Finder offers a searchable database of over 3,300 clichés.
New Phrases Added to the Style Lexicon (November 11, 2005): In her new Talk column, Amanda Hesser decrees that three new words/phrases must be added to the Style Lexicon.
Jumping the Couch (August 30, 2005): It's time for a visit to the Urban Dictionary to check in on the new phrases being added to the lexicon.
New Dictionary Words Show How Society is Changing (June 22, 2005): Reuters reports that latest edition of The Collins English Dictionary contains hundreds of words that the dictionary's editors say show how society is changing.
Top Ten Words Not in the Dictionary (May 31, 2005): Merriam Webster's website has created a top ten list of people's favorite words that are not in the dictionary.
WordCount Tracks Word Popularity (May 26, 2005): WordCount presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness.
The Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century (May 22, 2005): Who has the "power of rhetorical eloquence" in America? That was the question addressed by Stephen E.
Another Reason to Avoid Typos: Malware (April 28, 2005): Here's another good reason to watch out for those typos.
Latin: The Dead Language to Rise Again? (April 22, 2005): According to the BBC, Latin is about to make a big comeback.
Grammar Check: Awhile or A While? (April 4, 2005): James J.
Cursive Writing: A Lost Art? (January 20, 2005): While cursive writing is still taught in schools it is losing ground to keyboard skills.
Computers to Replace Novelists? (November 22, 2004): So far writers have had it pretty easy in the digital age.
Word of the Day: Borked (November 10, 2004): With the illness of Supreme Court justice William Rehnquist, Washington is gearing up for a big confirmation fight over the next Supreme Court justice.
Word of the Day: Mosh (October 28, 2004): Perhaps you might have some vague memories of a college evening spent slam dancing in a mosh pit -- ok, that's so 80's, we know.
Word of the Day: Gravitas (October 26, 2004): Another word that has been thrown around quite a bit during this election, and during the debates in particular, is the word gravitas.
Word of the Day: Wonkfest (October 22, 2004): During this election season, a few words and phrases have been repeated so many times that they have become emblematic of this race.
