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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…
A favorite observation about millennials, both in the workplace and in their daily lives, is how wired in they are…
Men in authentic period uniforms of the Lancashire Fusiliers and Seaforth Highlanders re-enacted the moment on Christmas Day 1914 when…
Take the background paragraph. It ill-serves everyone. If you know nothing about an ongoing story, it gives you too little…
Do the spellings of cough & rough, pony & bologna bug you, too? English evolves organically, without our permission. Words…