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When "Winter Wonderland" was written in the 1930s, "parson" was a term for Protestant or Anglican ministers. They would often travel from town to town performing wedding ceremonies for those who did not have a local minister of their own faith. "Parson Brown" doesn’t seem to refer to any significant historical figure from the time period and is more likely a fictional name.
For me, peak advertising anthimeria arrived during this year’s U.S. Open tennis tournament. A commercial for Lexus, with the slogan…
The question of double possessives is complex, or at least it seems that way. Phil from North Carolina recently submitted…
In a recent Grammar Girl podcast, award-winning fiction writer Mary Robinette Kowal talks about the evolution of her career, her…
This question came in from a listener: Why do we need the word “it” at the beginning of sentences, as…
Ever wonder why we call a little extra spending money “mad money” like one of our listeners named Amy wondered?…
“Epitome” is one of those words whose pronunciation can mess you up if you learned it from reading instead of…
Dictionaries are one of the most important tools writers have at their fingertips, besides a good style guide. They not…
When you think about your favorite YouTubers, you might notice how their style, content, and even their voice has changed…
Have you ever looked at the word “naïveté” and wondered why we have little dots and accents hanging out above…