Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 Can we? May as well. In more than twelve years of writing this column, we have somehow escaped dealing with the difference between “can” and “may.” That aversion ends because of a friend’s request: “Please, please write about how many people are misusing ‘can’ when they mean ‘may.’ It’s making my head hurt. I just saw the headline ‘President Trump […] Merrill Perlman
a Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 2020 AP Stylebook changes: Person-first language, and the great ‘pled’ debate Merrill Perlman
