I read this short story as a kid. Not sure how I came across it, but details from this story…
Authors of overhyped link text are like scam telemarketers. They use their knowledge of language and human psychology to manipulate…
“Punctuating dialogue properly is important,” says the old man, “But actions speak loudly, too. When I offered you tea, and…
On a web page that I posted in Nov 2000 (on a confusing presidential election ballot that caused controversy in…
If the pre-1978 laws were still in effect, we could have seen 85% of the works published in 1986 enter…
The rule against split infinitives is a bookish restriction serving no real function in English. However, many people have memorized…
Jerz > Writing > Grammar and Syntax > The short version: "based off of" is slang. Use "based on" instead. When I first started noticing…
These are straight vertical and horizontal lines. It's your mind that's twisted. Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute made a Lego…
Fascinating example of new media journalism: a graphic novel investigative report. The content is noteworthy, too: our lives have already…
I have found that archaeologists are seldom receptive to the notion of ancient astronauts—although one could argue that, when the…