Sometimes people correct things that are not mistakes. Here are some of them! Ad: The first 100 people to go to are going to ...

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April 16 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of a little book that is loved and admired throughout American academe. Celebrations, readings, and toasts are being held, and a commemorative ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Leave it to a scientist to finally explain how to kill off bad writing. In his new ...

Douglas Rushkoff is the author of "Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age." Updated January 30, 2013, 12:11 PM In a culture characterized less by the printed word than by YouTube ...

You’ve probably heard the old story about the pedant who dared to tinker with Winston Churchill’s writing because the great man had ended a sentence with a preposition. Churchill’s scribbled response: ...