My husband is a grammar snob. While our kids were little, he would correct them if they ???misspoke.??? He was particularly vigilant about the
A Way with Words
The all-wise wordsmith in Tara Roberts teaches us proper usage, if only we will listen.
A Way With Words: Lexicon
I am of an age, having passed through my first half century of life, that I don???t particularly like discussing my age. For the
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A Way With Words: Read to be well-read
You have to read a lot of books to be considered well-read. Did you have to read that sentence a few times to make
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A Way With Words: Keep it Short
I???m from the South, and like most of us below the Mason Dixon line, I have a touch of an accent, or as my
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A Way With Words: Which and That
Just as there are??rules for when to use ???who??? and ???whom,??? and ???farther??? and ???further,??? there are also rules for when to use ???that???
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A Way With Words: Contronyms
I have always been a Word Nerd. When other people are fighting Angry Birds and building virtual farms, I am hunting for hidden words
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A Way With Words: Tough Enough
I have a long love/hate relationship with the English language. It is a nightmarish mishmash of dozens of different languages – dead, romantic, tongue-twisting
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A Way With Words: Going the Distance
Tomato, tomahto??? potato, potahto??? farther, further?????It is not simply a disagreement about pronunciation, there is a difference in definition. Confusion with words and phrases
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A Way With Words: Malaprop
Back in the 1970s, a comedian named Norm Crosby was famous for using malaprops in his show. A malaprop is a word or phrase
