"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought – George Orwell
We’re lucky when it comes to newsletters, because we live in a small 33-home subdivision with its own newsletter. And this month’s issue, written by a member of the homeowners’ association board and emailed to every household, is a doozy, almost dipping into the surreal. I mean …
“When ‘they’ refers to a nonbinary person, why not capitalize it?”
The AP Stylebook and I go back a long way.
Give big space to the festive dog that makes sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement of dog with your wheel spokes.
It’s a crock, all of it. Settle down, all right?
Our dogs wake up at 5 a.m. and consequently so do we.
How childish do you have to be to insist on setting off fireworks ten days after the 4th of July just because you weren’t here for the main event?
I guess I share too much, because my son Gregory keeps cautioning me not to mention this or that until he gives me the go-ahead.