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National Grammar Day

March 4 was National Grammar Day, an occasion that prompted thoughtful essays and discussions about grammar, as well as a Tweeted Haiku Contest, for which Martha served a judge. Arika Okrent, author of In The Land of Invented Languages, took the...

rowback

rowback  n.— «Have you read Okrent on that “squirrelly journalistic dance step known to old-timers as a ‘rowback’ “? That’s when a news outlet tries to cover up an erroneous story with a new story that conveniently neglects to...