Modern progressive political narratives depend heavily upon the misuse of words, changing their meaning in hopes that people ...
When I first started writing this column in the early aughts, readers would often complain to me about sentence-ending prepositions. Or, to put that ironically: Sentence-ending prepositions were ...
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is here, representing one of the most vigorous - and prestigious - academic competitions in America. Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national ...
Meta Relaxes Rules on Using the Word 'Shaheed,' or Martyr After an investigation from its Oversight Board, Meta pledges to only remove content mentioning 'shaheed' if the word is paired with at least ...
Think words are everything? This article reveals why and how tone and body language do the heavy lifting in communication. Words account for just 7% of communication impact, while tone and body ...
Here’s an interesting question posed to me recently: Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? Look for fresh basil at your local grocery store, and, if it isn’t available, tell the ...
Two doctrines frequently arise in Pennsylvania jurisprudence when addressing disputes between the parties to a contract: the parol evidence rule and the gist of the action doctrine. While each serves ...
October's unemployment rate set off alarm bells in some quarters. That's because it was a half percentage point higher than its recent low — a jump that by one rule of thumb signals the onset of a ...