Adverbs are of different types. Among such are adverbs of manner (like smoothly, awkwardly and loudly) and those of time (today, yesterday and now). But there is a type not commonly taught: the one ...

My last column focused on how compressing ideas in a sentence can produce a meaning opposite of what the writer intends. Example: The family lawyer will read the will tomorrow at the home of Mr.

“I’ll dress warm,” I wrote to friends recently in a group email about a get-together on the patio of a local café. What happened next will sound familiar to every careful user of the English language: ...

I teach an online copy-editing course and every term I do something kind of cruel to my students. I ask them to share some of their grammar peeves in the class’s online message board. It’s cruel ...

Our discussion of flat adverbs continues today as we, firstly, add more examples. I hope you remember what flat adverbs are: those that do not carry -ly. Rather, they have the same forms as adjectives ...