So Many Expressions Turn Out to be Trite as a Cliché
March 19, 2022
When we describe someone as smart as a whip, we are likely to make them feel pleased as punch. But what is so smart
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When we describe someone as smart as a whip, we are likely to make them feel pleased as punch. But what is so smart
Having written more than 60 books and thousands of articles and columns, I, your fly-by-the-roof-of-the mouth, user-friendly language columnist, confess to be afflicted with
The other day, I got pulled over by the Grammar Police. They ticketed me for Reckless Punctuation, Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement, Splitting My Infinitives, Terminal
Words and people have a lot in common. Like people, words are born, grow up, get married, have children and even die. And, like
When you were a child learning to speak, you seized each word as if it were a shiny toy. This is how you learned
I’m kicking off 2022 with a three-part series on enriching your vocabulary and, as a result, your ability to communicate. In the process of
Two weeks ago, I challenged my U-T readers to wing me limericks with a Christmas theme. To avoid being blown away by a tsunami
DEAR RICHARD: Plucked from a recent headline in the Union-Tribune: “Rare corpse flower is set to bloom again / Despite smelling like rotting flesh,
Four centuries ago, the roots of Thanksgiving first took hold in our American soil. We living today commemorate the solemn dinner, back in the