Keeping English prose trim and slim should be every writer's goal. But this doesn't mean sticking to simple declarative sentences all the time. Good prose must not only be concise and clear, but must ...

Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re ...

This one is a matter of American English versus British English. While “Randy” may be an innocuous name in the U.S., it’s ...