Coke or Pepsi? Parts of the South Have a Preferred Term
Depending on what part of the South you visit, the Coke or Pepsi question can get complicated pretty quickly when you order a soft drink.
Depending on what part of the South you visit, the Coke or Pepsi question can get complicated pretty quickly when you order a soft drink.
An airline recently announced a dog-friendly flight service that would allow pet owners to fly with their four-legged friends.
If you haven’t encountered either the word barbecue or barbeque by now, you surely can expect to see it over the summer months.
Every few years, new research reveals the average amount of time spent writing a blog post and it's hovering around four hours.
The transgender movement has raised a lot of awareness and some degree of pronoun frustration among grammar sticklers.
If you've secretly been hoping X owner Elon Musk would change his mind and resurrect the Twitter brand, you won't...
The anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court case raised a question about how to use versus abbreviations the right way.
A blogger can spend hours writing a post, but without taking on the duties of a content manager, how many people will actually see it?
The grandson of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter recently provided an update on the health of the 99-year-old ex-chief executive.
Are the network affiliates those of a certain age grew up with on their way out? In a manner of speaking, perhaps. But it's complicated.
If you're quoting someone, The Associated Press Stylebook urges you to use the verb 'said' for quote attribution over almost anything else.
One of the new 'improvements' coming to social media is BlueSky direct messages, something many have, unfortunately, asked for!
A funny thing happened with one of my credit accounts this week and the department store can only offer absurd theories so far.
As new college graduates seek jobs, they may quickly face sticker shock with respect to a livable wage fight. But who's to blame here?
This post about a new grammar book that just came out isn't about the book itself. Instead, I think we should consider the initial reaction.
You could say that I’m fairly obsessed with typefaces that websites use. I recently found a font finder extension that I love!
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