Word Watch – April 2006
People who don’t like this column – and there are people who don’t like this column – complain about its haughty tone, its arrogant desire …
People who don’t like this column – and there are people who don’t like this column – complain about its haughty tone, its arrogant desire …
Every year, Lake Superior State University justifies its existence by issuing a Banished Words List – a list of “badly overused words and phrases” that, …
Woe is us! We live in a degenerate age. Nobody reads any- more; everybody just visits his favorite blogs. Nobody writes anymore either; everybody just …
It is always interesting to see the effect of public events upon our language. The case of Sept. 11 and its aftermath is especially interesting, …