Here’s good news for anyone suffering proximity to the sort of language pedant who identifies, without irony, as a “grammar Nazi”: Real Nazis just swore allegiance to their all-important cause. In a ...
Thanks to the internet and the wonderful world of social media, no greater hater has climbed to the top of the swamp that is humanity than the grammar nazi. Apparently your (fellow internet user) ...
In other news, water is wet. Researchers at the University of Michigan have just published a study that says people who sweat small grammatical errors aren’t as nice as people who could care less if ...
DEAR WORD COURT: When I was in high school, some years ago, a teacher who was a grammar Nazi made a fuss about "principal" and "principle." She definitely impressed on me that there's a difference ...
The Russian government is proud of its efforts to promote the Russian language abroad. The website of the Rossotrudnichestvo aid agency touts the federal Russian Language program for 2016-20, saying ...
When Richard Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute, was punched in the face over inaugural weekend, it launched a discussion of whether it was okay to punch a Nazi. For the record, ...
My name is not Friday. I don’t carry a badge. Yes, I have been the go-to guy for grammar, usage, and house style at The Baltimore Sun for more than a quarter-century, but I am not a grammar cop. I am ...