I have also noticed that Blacks commonly pronounce that word as "awnt." And, while Hispanics/Latinos are not a race, I have been surprised that I som...

Heimhenge said I don't like it... I don't like it either. While I haven't posted anything in a while, I just came back here to post a message and ...

deaconB said Perhaps where YOU go, that's true. but that's not true around here. Newspaper editors here all know (as does Google) that Andrew Johns...

deaconB said You should be aware that the Wall Street Journal is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News. The Economist isn't particularly l...

deaconB said You real8za that there is a difference between being indicted and beng convicted, right? If you are indicted, the grand jury has found ...

deaconB said Impeach means more than "accuse". It's pretty close to "indict". Okay, but my point was that "impeach" seems to mean remove from off...

Heimhenge said I also agree. When one "impeaches a witness" all it means is to discredit their testimony. Has nothing to do with being run out of off...

My departed aunt, a former newspaper woman, used to quote some old expert: "You drink it with ease, but you spell it without." Early Times, a bourb...

"Conflate" may go back over a hundred years, but it surely seems like its usage has only become more common in the last year or so.

RobertB said It's used a lot as 'confuse,' in that negative sense - You shouldn't conflate those two issues! Though I am not sure usages like t...

Similarly, where I used to work, when we needed to get money back from a vendor (for a return, an over-charge, etc.) our accounting people would creat...

Heimhenge said May I help who's next? When I was in grade school, the differences between can and may were drummed into us. It doesn't sound st...