Fun with mnemonics August 25, 2014 By Merrill Perlman If you’ve been writing ‘pneumonic,’ you’ve got it all wrong
Why words have multiple acceptable spellings August 18, 2014 By Merrill Perlman More on the new edition of Webster’s New World College Dictionary
Webster’s new dictionary means change for journalists August 11, 2014 By Merrill Perlman Internet is still capitalized
The history of using ‘quantum’ to mean ‘really big’ August 4, 2014 By Merrill Perlman It’s best to avoid using just plain "quantum" to mean "huge"–especially if addressing a physicist
Your head will spin: Uses of ‘naught,’ ‘aught,’ and ‘ought’ July 28, 2014 By Merrill Perlman Time to start writing some tongue-twisters
Old rivalries, old words June 30, 2014 By Merrill Perlman The reappearance of "caliphate" and "the Levant"
‘Civil’ versus ‘sectarian’ conflicts June 16, 2014 By Merrill Perlman How to pick the most accurate war word