The Grammar Guru series kicked the year off with a list of words and phrases to banish from the English language. After that ...

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M ost words have a rather abstract connection to the things they describe. The word yellow is not actually yellow. The word ...

Language experts point out that certain sentence constructs using 'because' or 'why' can veer off into questionable ...

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Internet slang has evolved over the years shaping communication while bridging — and sometimes dividing — generations.

GENTLE READER: While she is always up for a good grammatical fight, Miss Manners still considers this a pretty minor ...

Among millennials and Gen Z, the word “cheers” has become both a noun and a verb ... Watching young people do this is cringeworthy.