- October 25, 2014The American Heritage Dictionary supplies this usage note for those who wish to distinguish "sex" and "gender." Some people maintain…
- October 22, 2014Usage Determines Meaning, and I'm going to illustrate it by putting myself down a little bit. A close friend of…
- October 20, 2014Ammon Shea’s Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation is a collection of tiny essays on dozens and dozens of…
- October 13, 2014I've quoted Steven Pinker numerous times on this blog, but I've never heard him talk. He's brilliant, and I found…
- October 6, 2014It’s been a while since I’ve been so excited about a post by Scot McKnight (um, I think this is…
- October 6, 2014Good stuff on slang and etymology. I've enjoyed this woman's video posts at the Merriam Webster site. She gets it…