A site to help make English grammar more understandable without dumbing down either its significance or its usage.
Newspapers today are awash with obituaries and tributes to conservative icon William F. Buckley, who died yesterday at 82 while working on his daily column at home. No one, regardless of political leanings, could ever accuse Buckley of abusing the English language. In fact, he usually elevated it. Buckley was quoted in a Wall Street Journal [...]
Pitcher Roger Clemens began testifying before Congress today, and though he was unaware of it in his ongoing denial of reality, his chances of making the Hall of Fame went up in smoke with his lies. In the process, he also managed to throw every associate and loved one of his under the bus, including his [...]
I have a Beagle-mongrel dog, and he’s adorable, so it was with great pride and pleasure that I read that Uno the Beagle took first place in the Hound category at the famous Westchester Dog Show opening last night. More, he’s actually favored the win the overall competition. Las Vegas, can we bet on this? [...]
I belong to this e-mail service called "A Phrase a Week," and this week’s phrase is "the devil to pay." Now, what I didn’t know is that the seams between planks on a wooden ship are called "the devil." Therefore, "the devil to pay" could be interpreted to mean filling in these seams, or devils, [...]
Columnist [tag]Mark Steyn[/tag] reports that his favorite headline of the year comes from London, to wit: "Government Renames Islamic Terrorism As ‘Anti-Islamic Activity’ To Woo Muslims." The point, Steyn explains, is not to confuse terrorism with the Islamic religion. I won’t comment further on the PCness of this, but I do suggest you read Steyn’s [...]