Language Corner

The AP and the latest style

April 29, 2021 By Merrill Perlman

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Times Up

September 15, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Is “three times more” the same as “three times as many”?

All Wet

September 9, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

When you read, you “pore,” not “pour”

Nerve Center

August 31, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

“Enervate” is not “energetic”

Double Entendre

August 24, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

When one word has opposite meanings

Off the Wrack

August 17, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

The difference between “rack” and “wrack” is a wreck

Apostrophe Catastrophes

August 10, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Why is this little mark so troublesome?

Silent Speaker

August 3, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

How “reticent” came to mean “reluctant”

Vir-gin Version

July 27, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

“Ginning up” won’t make you drunk

You Spell Potato, I Spell Potatoe

July 20, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Spelling “foreign” words

Sacrilegious

July 13, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

“Secular” moves from the church to the state

Uncoupling

July 6, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Is it OK to omit the “of” after “couple”?

What’s All the Fuss?

June 29, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Describing an uproar with fun words

False Alarms

June 22, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

What the fire department doesn’t tell you

Jumping Off ‘Allege’

June 15, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

The criminalization of a word

Compounded Interest

June 8, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Pick your prefix: “dis” or “un”?