Political candidates end their TV ads with the statement “I approve this message.” Is that ungrammatical? This is part of a complete episode.
You know that grammatical “rule” about not ending a sentence with a preposition? Well, who ever decided finishing off a sentence like that is a bad thing? (Personally, we think it’s one of the silliest things anyone ever came up...
roller n.— «I reined in the speedy pace and tried to find a rhythm over the first three miles, where we encountered “rollers”—in running parlance, those are mellow hills with ups and downs that wake up your legs, but aren’t so...
spiraling n.— «Also, instead of spending weeks on a particular math lesson, students are introduced to the concepts for a few days and revisit them later. This technique, called “spiraling,” is designed to help students build...
momnesia n.— «Momnesia—the mental fuzziness and memory lapses that set in shortly after childbirth—had struck again.» —“Babies can cause ‘momnesia’” by Liz Szabo USA Today Mar. 3, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued...
tuitioning in n.— «Parents cite a variety of factors—from academic to social to geographic—as reasons they pay for their children to attend public schools outside their home districts. The practice, known as “tuitioning in,”...