For this year’s holiday book recommendations, Grant goes with his son’s current favorite, Valley Cats by Gretchen Preston, while Martha enthusiastically recommends Quack This Way, a transcribed conversation about writing and language...
Chris in Allen, Texas, has debated a friend for 37 years about whether humongous or gargantuan refers to something larger. Usage expert Bryan Garner, who was asked the same question on Twitter, sides with gargantuan. The older word looks back to the...