Language Corner

The AP and the latest style

April 29, 2021 By Merrill Perlman

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Don’t strike out with these sports clichés

September 14, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Can you really ‘garnish’ someone’s wages?

September 9, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Illicit and elicit, explicit

September 8, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Cracking the case: Is there propaganda behind propagation?

August 31, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

You say you want a revolution

August 24, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

The many layers of ‘cuckservative’

August 17, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

How truthful is your ‘truthiness’?

August 11, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Too many ‘options’

August 3, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Stop the ‘presses’?

July 28, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Shades of suffrage: -ette vs. -ist

July 22, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

A lesson on portmanteaus

July 14, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Don’t judge this word too quickly

July 8, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Understanding a misplaced modifier

July 6, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Clearing up compliment vs. complement

June 29, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

Black and white: Why capitalization matters

June 23, 2015 By Merrill Perlman

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