A listener in Albany, New York, wonders who decides which historical personages deserve mention a dictionary, and how editors decide which of those people merit a photo or illustration? Grant explains the process by which lexicographers handle these...
We got a call from Nan Sterman, host of the public television gardening show A Growing Passion, who writes so much about plants that she’s looking for some alternatives to the verb “to plant.” But what to say if you don’t...
An introvert in Baltimore, Maryland, is unhappy with an online definition of introvert, and is speaking up about wanting it changed. The definition describes an introvert as someone preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings—such as a selfish...
The expressions such as and such clauses as are both acceptable. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Such As vs. Such Clauses As” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello. Hi, this is Jeff Raymer in Grapevine. Grapevine...
Editors are great for picking up those double the’s and similar mistakes, known as eye-skip errors. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Eyeskip Errors” You know when you’re editing and you think you’re...
In June, Grant attended the biennial meeting of the Dictionary Society of North America. One of the highlights was the New Word Open Mic where anybody was invited to step up to the microphone and submit a new word they had coined or found. Grant was...
