By Genders, Analogies

I am not a linguist or a trained teacher, but to me it seems that the distinction between "error" and "mistake" as the terms are used in linguistics is purely arbitrary. The definitions could just as easily have been established in reverse. So rather than try to "prove" to your students that...

Good luck with the fundraising Here's a couple bacteriologists, containerboards, discourageable, rebroadcasting, ribonucleosides, ribonucleotides, subdistrictingantiobscenities, bacteriologies, bacteriologist, biconditionals, containerboard, contrabandists, counterordering, crossbreeding,...

Hi, 1. He earns twice more than she does. This sounds very wrong. We say 'five times more', so I guess by analogy we might say 'two times more' but it still sounds bad and very uncommon. 2. He earns twice as much as she does. This sounds fine and is the standard way to say it. Why is he...

This book looked promising – it was subtitled A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better – and in the first few pages I came across a passage referring to that group: What did these people study in high school...