You Don’t Need a Diploma To Know ‘Alumni’ is Plural
May 4, 2013
Dear Mr. Lederer: I have observed that many license plate holders state, “___ University Alumni.” I assume the driver is proudly announcing that he or
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Dear Mr. Lederer: I have observed that many license plate holders state, “___ University Alumni.” I assume the driver is proudly announcing that he or
An anthology is a collection of literary, musical or artistic works gathered in a single setting. The Greek forebear is anthologia: anthos, “flower” + lego,
I’m pleased to report that I’ll be emceeing one of the five open-air stages at the San Diego Student Shakespeare Festival, to be held next
Brush up your Shakespeare. Start quoting him now. Brush up your Shakespeare, And the women you will wow. — Cole Porter, “Kiss Me, Kate” Name
April is national poetry month, so I will tell you a story that starts out long ago, perhaps 140 million years in the past, and
April Fools’ Day, sometimes called All Fools’ Day, is a time to play pranks on others. These tricks can be verbal, as in the examples
Dear Mr. Lederer: A day does not go by that I do not hear someone use myself in place of me or I. For example,
Cavorting through a merry jig for St. Patrick’s Day, I shall throw some bull – not just any kind of bull, but an Irish bull.
This evening, Hal Holbrook will present his legendary one-man show, “Mark Twain Tonight!” at the Balboa Theater. Twain held strong opinions about a passel of