Merrill Perlman managed copy desks across the newsroom at the New York Times, where she worked for twenty-five years. Follow her on Twitter at @meperl.
If you think you’ve heard all of the linguistic twists and turns, you’ve got another thing coming. Well, actually you’ve got another “think” coming. But ask most people how to spell the phrase that means you get another chance, and you’re more likely to get a “thing” instead of a “think.” Which is right? They […]
