Language Corner

The AP and the latest style

April 29, 2021 By Merrill Perlman

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Snowclones in the time of pandemic

June 23, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

Why we capitalize ‘Black’ (and not ‘white’)

June 16, 2020 By Mike Laws

‘Loot,’ ‘plunder,’ ‘pillage,’ and what they invoke

June 4, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

‘Quarantine’: A history

May 19, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

2020 AP Stylebook changes: Person-first language, and the great ‘pled’ debate

May 6, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

Adrift in ‘unchartered’ waters

April 22, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

‘Rolodex,’ on rotation

April 16, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

Absolute power by any other name

March 5, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

How to name a coronavirus

February 24, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

The good, the bad, and the egregious

February 10, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

The Super Bowl’s ‘hyper’ nature

February 3, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

A novelist’s enduring words

January 21, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

Words you may not have known were named after people

January 13, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

The top words of 2019

January 6, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

A language column that will bust your chops

January 3, 2020 By Merrill Perlman

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