According to language legend, a classified ad once made this intriguing offer: Antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers. And if you believe that one, I have another: Mixing ...

A suspiciously long prepositional phrase wasn`t the only irregularity that tipped a journalism grad student onto a mystery at Northwestern University. Mounted on a large rock on the Evanston campus, a ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. “People hustle their way at the avenue, as the majority crossed onto the other side. Yellow-shirted men on navy blue pants ...

'good at' or 'good in'? Lim Chiu Lan from Malaysia doesn't know if we say someone is 'good at English' or 'good in English' ...

Many verbs in English can be used both transitively and intransitively. The object is often not needed when it is obvious what you are talking about. But it may need to be added to clarify what is ...

PREPOSITIONS form a pretty exclusive club. Unlike nouns and verbs, of which there are squillions each, Wikipedia lists over a hundred modern one-word prepositions, a few two-word ("next to") and three ...

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One of the most interesting questions I’ve gotten recently was from a colleague who had come across the phrase “one of the living writers who really matter.” The use of “matter” instead of “matters” ...