Language Corner

The AP and the latest style

April 29, 2021 By Merrill Perlman

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Before the Beginning

November 30, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Doing away with some pre-fixes

Your Move

November 23, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Chess terminology, imprecisely played

Foundering Flounders

November 16, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

When a fish is not a failure

Playing Tricks

November 9, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

The expression ‘tricked out’ isn’t new

Early Bird Special

November 2, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

On turning the clocks back

Plethora Galore

October 26, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

When does ‘many’ become ‘too many’?

Assurance Policy

October 19, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

The lives of ‘insure,’ ‘ensure,’ and ‘assure’

Walk It Off

October 12, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

A negative baseball term becomes positive

Doctored Language

October 5, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

When medical jargon hurts

Bodies in Motion

September 28, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

How many objects are moving in a “collision”?

Lost Innocence

September 21, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

People plead “not guilty”

Times Up

September 15, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

Is “three times more” the same as “three times as many”?

All Wet

September 9, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

When you read, you “pore,” not “pour”

Nerve Center

August 31, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

“Enervate” is not “energetic”

Double Entendre

August 24, 2009 By Merrill Perlman

When one word has opposite meanings