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I am sorry I have to write, this but it appears some of the leading technology journals are unable to agree on the difference between a ban and a block.
Twitter | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books
We know this isn't exactly a piece about books, but it is about writing, and we thought it was funny -- for all the journalists and grammar geeks out ...
Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 09.24.2009 | Home
Today, friends, is National Punctuation Day, "a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes, and other proper uses of periods, semicolons, a...
Barrett Brown | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media
Not that I'm bothered by Peretz's or anyone else's racism, which is directed only towards mere people. But why his perpetual assault on grammar? Grammar isn't an Arab, Marty. You're thinking of algebra.
AP | Posted 07.23.2009 | Style
LONDON — It's a spelling mantra that generations of schoolchildren have learned _ "i before e, except after c." But new British government guid...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.29.2009 | Comedy
If you were a nazi and speaking to Hitler during the war would you correct his grammar? These men did. It didn't end well, but it did end hilariously....
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
Something that most people - even his political opponents - agree on is that President Barack Obama is a fairly gifted orator. On those occasions whe...
Paula Gordon | Posted 01.03.2009 | Living
President-elect Obama does more by putting to work his good education, including his grammatically correct English, than all the harping in the world.
Meghan Peters | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
In essence, voting "no" meant "to not eliminate" gay marriage. Who says that? No one. In fact, I've been taught in writing classes that this would be poor English.
Lionel Beehner | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
The past tense of "Yes, we can" is not "Yes, we did" but "Yes, we could." But that just sounds weird. The correct phrase should be "Yes, we were able to," but that just sounds too clunky and verbose.
Rob Kall | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
Adopting Palin's de-G-ed "speakin'" is an assault on the language, just like perpetrating the lie that she's ready to lead is an assault on the future of the nation.
Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
Based on the debate, what would a 5th grader think about what they are learning in school? They might believe that what we tell them is true: anyone in America can grow up to be president.
Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
When I hear Sarah Palin consistently fail to answer who is doing what to whom, it makes me suspicious that a) she doesn't know; b) she doesn't want to say; or c) she simply doesn't think in terms of cause and effect.
Peter Clothier | Posted 07.26.2008 | Living
So what is it about the apostrophe? How come so few people know how to use it? And why do I get so irritated by its misuse? I love the English language, and hate to see it being abused.
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Ari Herzog | Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology