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A 'Soup'er Bowl Packed With Pigskin Palaver Jan. 31, 2024
The lingo of American football is a soup bowl bubbling with terms from almost every realm of life, f... Read More
'Recouping' Gives Reader Paws Jan. 17, 2024
Today, some questions from readers ... Curt Guenther of Memphis asked me to vet this sentence descri... Read More
Word Guy Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine Dec. 30, 2020
"Physician, heal thyself!" When I see that subject line in my email inbox, I know exactly what's com... Read More
Don't Waver in Heeding 'Wave/Waive' Distinction Dec. 09, 2020
"These guys never waiver in supporting me." When I read that sentence recently, I thought, "What a w... Read More
The Double-Edged Sword of Facial Recognition Technology Jul. 11, 2020
On the television crime drama "FBI," Special Agent Jubal Valentine brusquely orders an underling to ... Read More
History Is a Foible Agreed Upon Jul. 01, 2020
When, in the course of human events, high school students write American history papers, watch out! ... Read More
On Trade, Trump Is an Encyclopedia of Error Jun. 30, 2016
Donald Trump is not a professor, but for years he will be yielding insights to every student of econ... Read More
How to Handle an Employee Whose Error Changes Another Employee's Life Dec. 03, 2015
Q: I'm from India here on a work visa. I already have a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, and... Read More
As If Rolling Stone Were Our Only Problem Apr. 08, 2015
There's no tap dance in my shoes over Columbia Journalism Review's epic takedown this week of the Ro... Read More
Archie
Mar. 29, 2014
Linguists at the End of Their Rope Mar. 12, 2014
Can you find 25 usage errors in the following story about a tug of war between the Prescriptivists a... Read More
Archie
Mar. 07, 2014
Working it Out
Mar. 05, 2014
Flo & Friends
Jan. 30, 2014
Extra! Extra! Headlines Take Headers! Jan. 29, 2014
Readers often send me collections of funny headlines, but I don't use them in my column because I ca... Read More
