English Language Usage

Nora Strehl Editor-in-Chief There appears to be something amiss among young writers today, and I’m here to smash it to smithereens. The issue, my friends, is the misuse, and apparent dislike, of pronouns. Who cares about grammar? Well, you should! How y

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Dictionary.com ( www.dictionary.com ), the preferred online and mobile dictionary for students of all ages, announced the release of Writing Dynamo  ( ...

Since the last Race and Jazz column, the first of a multi-part discussion with John Gennari--the top scholar on the history of jazz criticism--a firestorm of controversy has arisen surrounding m: Nicholas Payton 's declaration that, to him, the word j

The quest for equal social and legal representation has traveled from church to courtroom and everywhere in between — but in many ways, inclusion for the LGBTQ community begins and ends with the language we use to concoct social meaning.

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