- August 14, 2015Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage by John McWhorter My rating: 5 of 5 stars Absolutely loved this. McWhorter…
- May 6, 2015I no longer need to be persuaded that descriptivism, not prescriptivism, is the way to go in linguistics—although I hasten…
- April 22, 2015What do you do if you’re not sure what a word means? Wait for it... You look it up in…
- April 18, 2015I saw this sidebar at The Atlantic not too long ago. Notice the first item: The article itself doesn't use the…
- March 24, 2015We have an embarrassment of riches in our English Bible translations. Today I was texting a particular man whom my church's…
- March 8, 2015When it comes to our common tongue, says Ammon Shea, “there are two things that have remained constant. The English…