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DEAR RICHARD: The Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, is the comma used before the conjunction in a list of three or more
’Twas Halloween Night (Thanks to Clement Clark Moore, who wrote “The Night Before Christmas.”) ’Twas Halloween night, and all through the house, All the creatures
Some punsters are so dedicated to their craft that they throw their hats into the ring at pun contests, which are currently held in multiple
When you think about it, the existence of a daily newspaper is a miracle. After all, a newspaper is an enormous product that must be
Some people lament that speaking and writing these days are simply a collection of faddish clichés patched together like the sections of prefabricated houses made
Hoo boy. Now that Kamala (emphasis on the first syllable of her first name, please) Harris and Tim Walz are running for president and vice
For many years now, there has been circulating a continuously expanding poem. Its leaping-off place is the first verse of “That’s Amore,” the song by
DEAR RICHARD: In your recent column, you showcased 10 words that featured a huge number of different meanings. Another word with many uses is up.
Sometimes it seems that almost all Americans either play sports or watch them. Because competition occupies such a central place in American life and imagination,
Welcome to the website woven for wordaholics, logolepts, and verbivores. Carnivores eat meat; herbivores eat plants and vegetables; verbivores devour words. If you are heels over head (as well as head over heels) in love with words, tarry here a while to graze or, perhaps, feast on the English language. Ours is the only language in which you drive in a parkway and park in a driveway and your nose can run and your feet can smell.