About a decade ago, I read a blog written by a linguistics student who proclaimed, “Prescriptivism must die!!!” He was talking about the school of thought that believes that textbooks and other ...

It's always tricky to decide how - or whether - to respond to the kind of offensive, stupid comments like the ones Dr. Laura Schlessinger made on her radio program on Tuesday. One would hope that ...

If you wanted to put together a list of writing rules for an organization you run, there would be nothing wrong with that. "OK, team. Let's make it a policy to always include 'Inc.' with our company ...