Consider one of William Strunk’s better pieces of advice in “The Elements of Style”: “Omit needless words.” Now consider this rejoinder from University of Edinburgh Linguistics professor Geoffrey ...

It is a lovely warm August day outside, and I am wearing a green loose top. Does the second part of that sentence sound strange to you? Perhaps you think I should have written “loose green top.” ...

“That’s so metal!” is no longer a phrase uttered by us metalheads looking to convey the darkness or intensity of something other than music: the phrase is catching on in the mainstream to such an ...

Let Johnny and Inel get your class up and moving, while they learn about adjectives and adverbs. Through a song and routine, children will learn how to write better stories using adjectives and ...

Dear readers, I’d like to introduce you to someone. His name’s Gerry Coleman and if you don’t know who he is, don’t feel bad. Neither do I. Heck, for all I know, he doesn’t even exist. But every ...

Our discussion of flat adverbs continues today as we, firstly, add more examples. I hope you remember what flat adverbs are: those that do not carry -ly.