Reporters writing news stories must be careful not to say someone is guilty before a trial in a court of law gives a decision. The expressions we use to talk about crime and punishment use ...

In the biggest grammar news since the advent of the Oxford comma, the dictionary dignitaries at Merriam-Webster have declared it acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition. This, of course, has ...

Recently, I was watching an American television news report about the coronavirus. In it, the reporter said, “Due to coronavirus concerns, Washington governor Jay Inslee is banning gatherings of more ...