Today, some pungent responses from readers ready to accept ungrammatical usages. “I tend to follow the rules of grammar,” said Maren Swanson, a retired lawyer in Burnsville, “but one I hate and tend ...

I remember as if it were yesterday the last email I received from Ted “Dictionary Man” Utchen in the spring of 2021 shortly before he died. It was all about how people’s brains misfire when they think ...

Today I want to tackle another tricky grammar bugaboo. It’s one of those confusing quandaries I simply avoid using because I don’t want to sound dumb. I’m talking about “who” and “whom.” Every time ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dorothy Hoffman of Columbia believes the Clarion owes her an apology. In a letter to the editor she asked, "Whom do you think are ...