As communication becomes more digitized, the possibility of miscommunication increases. One poorly placed ellipsis can turn a normal conversation into an unnecessarily…

Up until this year, I had never read any book written before the 19th century (with the exception of Shakespeare because for…

I like books. I like the way they smell, the way they feel, the way the pages slip through your fingers before…

For someone trying to learn a language, idioms are perhaps the most devilish concept imaginable. Idioms are “forms of expression natural to…

In 2008, the Oxford English Dictionary launched a site called SavetheWords.org in an attempt to put the “lure” back into literature (which is,…

Despite its many faults (silent letters, synonyms, obscure spellings), the English language is beautiful. Felicity. Elision. Labyrinthine. No one can articulate (or,…

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about slang and I’ve come to a conclusion about this generation’s use of language: YOLO is…

Jello, boys and hurls. Today, I want to a dress the topic of autocorrect. Autocorrect is a trucky system. Ever time I…