Ever drop a reference that just makes you sound, well, of a certain age? Grant and Martha discuss language that’s lost on other generations. Why is the entree the main course? Shouldn’t it come first? And why is the letter k silent in...
Serene from New York City, who teaches writing with a colleague, asks whether done and finished are interchangeable. The old schoolroom rule that work is done while people are finished appears in many classrooms. But there is no historical evidence...