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Rhetorical Tricks Every Writer Should Know: Chiasmus
You know the principle of chiasmus, even if you don't know that it's the word for it.
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Is “Xmas” Part of a War on Christmas?
Are you bothered by the use of Xmas? Here's why you shouldn't be.
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Heteronyms: Different Words that Look the Same
It's surprising that heteronyms don't cause more confusion than they do.
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Three Ways to Get Our “Ways To Say” Posters
We now have black-and-white, printable versions of our "Ways to Say" posters. Help yourself!
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Acronym or Abbreviation?
What's the difference between an acronym and an abbreviation and an initialism? Let's figure it out.
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Word Pairs that Repeat Themselves
He grew by leaps and bounds. We searched every nook and cranny. You will have to pick and choose. English is replete with redundancies. There is little to no difference between leaping and bounding,...
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12 Awesome Language Resources for the Word Nerd
Here are my twelve favorite language resources. Check them out!
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How About Some Christmas Charity for Ebeneezer Scrooge?
Why do we have to use Ebenezer's name as a synonym for a tight-fisted miser? If you ask me, it's not at all in keeping with the Christmas spirit.
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Clipped Words
Maybe it’s a sign that English speakers and writers are lazy, but we have a historic tendency to shorten long words. It tends to start in informal, spoken settings, but eventually the clipped forms...
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