Now that the recently-senile and always-bungling old pope is at last gone, perhaps...

I recently (fifteen minutes ago) encountered the use of "hectic" in a positive sense...

There's a new page on the alt-usage-english site, showing the pronunciation of some...

"Times the number by a thousand." Is this construction: (1) Rural/regional? (2) Childish...

In times past, bias against left-handed people was conscious and acceptable. Lefties...

As far as I know, you usually can't leave out "got" after "have" in negative and...

An off-topic thread in alt.folklore.computers brought it to my attention that many...

I was just thinking about this the other day, and since a good example drifted by...

I'm working on a Wikipedia article on the phrase "blue-plate special." Current version...

I just phoned a hospital in England and was told by a recorded voice that the extension...

According to Garner's Modern American Usage, substiting the phrase "as well" for...

Odd pronunciations of English words derived from French (some of which have been...

When is the pukka time to eat? My understanding is as follows, but I will welcome...

An associate of mine referred to the stand he was speaking at as a "podium." I asked...

Data is both plural and singular. Data is plural. I know lots of people use it as...

Hi AUE, I hope you can help me with this issue which we've been discussing in alt...

Does anyone know about the origin of the rule concerning not beginning a sentence...

It seems that if i pronounce the vowel as /eI/ i get corrected to /oU/, and if i...

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage says, under "split infinitive" The...

Over the last few years there have been quite a few posts lamenting a gradual loss...