Sometimes people run afoul of standard grammar if they use the word “borrow” when they should have used “lend” or…

A listener named Andrea once had the job title of “scriptwriter,” which spellcheck didn’t like. She said in her annual…

My tip-a-day-book, “The Grammar Daily,” is coming out November 24, and I’m currently encouraging people to preorder it —  and…

We recently published a podcast and article on our website about tight writing, and an astute listener asked a follow-up…

How old is the @ symbol? Every source I found seemed to have a different date for the origin of…

In today’s episode we’re going to answer some bizarre and puzzling questions: Can two people share a life? Can two…

Anxious “Anxious” means “worried or uneasy,” but it has often been used somewhat interchangeably with the word “eager,” to mean…

The way things are going in the world, hurricanes this year could be joined by Godzilla or maybe even aliens.…

Trent Armstrong (our former Modern Manners Guy) sent me a picture of a sign that mixed up the words “personal”…

Back in February, we published a podcast segment and article called How To Actually Improve Your Grammar, specifically your writing.…