Grammar

A Walz family photo went viral recently because members of Tim Walz's family supports Donald Trump. Did you catch the typo?

Newsrooms around the globe call the Associated Press Stylebook their style guide. But there are plenty of AP Style pet peeves on my list.

When you're referring to someone who might be a bit unstable, would you describe them as tetched or touched? One might be unfamiliar.

A Harris apostrophe debate began when Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected her running mate earlier this month.

With more students returning to the classroom at the end of summer, how do you know whether to hyphenate 'back-to-school'?

When choosing between a pair of homophones like allide or allied, you have to choose carefully so you don't make an embarrassing blunder.

Have you ever felt 'the ick'? One of the newest terms just added to the Cambridge Dictionary comes to us from a dating show.

An old Southern expression you may have heard expresses one's general health condition. But does that expression use meddling or middling?

When your work includes copyediting, there are things that will always make you angry. For me, initialisms in parentheses definitely does!

The meaning of the word 'electrocution' has evolved over the years, which can easily cause confusion for your readers.

My mom sent me an email the other day with a newspaper headline referring to a man who managed to 'drown to death.'

You may not have even heard of modal verbs unless you're really into grammar. But these little auxiliary verbs add a lot to sentences.

Every two years, The Associated Press Stylebook releases a major update. This year, one change involves the terms juveniles and minors.

A couple of years ago, I saw that a major dictionary added the term 'dumbphone' to its pages. It seemed like a joke to me.

When I grew up, everyone knew their telephone area codes but hardly ever used them. Thanks to technology, those days are long gone.

If you haven’t encountered either the word barbecue or barbeque by now, you surely can expect to see it over the summer months.