Language Corner

The AP and the latest style

April 29, 2021 By Merrill Perlman

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The right kind of name-calling

January 15, 2018 By Merrill Perlman

Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and others reveal their words of 2017

January 8, 2018 By Merrill Perlman

You, your, you’re: A typo that matters

January 3, 2018 By Merrill Perlman

A prodigious debate around a common term

December 19, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

Holiday gifts for grammar geeks

December 11, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

Readers respond: CJR’s use of ‘whomever’ and ‘reticence’

December 4, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

A simple way to always remember who vs. whom

November 27, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

The venial nature of venal sins

November 20, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

The difference between ‘old’ and ‘venerable’

November 13, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

What does ‘collusion’ really mean?

November 7, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

The origins of the term ‘lone wolf’

October 31, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

Zombies on the rise

October 23, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

A word that sounds dirty, but isn’t

October 16, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

What the new Google VR headset can teach us about grammar

October 9, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

Merriam-Webster adds sports term

October 2, 2017 By Merrill Perlman

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