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For some time now, realtors have been quietly eliminating the term 'master bedroom' from home descriptions out of concerns over its connotation.

Should you use slaves or enslaved persons when referring to the people sold and imprisoned in slavery? Here's why more are now choosing the latter.

Do you have trouble selecting between breath or breathe? If so, you're not alone. In fact, it happened to a British online fashion and cosmetic retailer.

This optics craze began earlier than I thought. In fact, I found an article from 2018 complaining about its overuse. It's definitely getting worse.

People argue about whether it's appropriate to capitalize black and white when referring to people's races, but disagreement remains.

Merriam-Webster announced last week that it is working on drafting a revised racism definition, thanks to a Missouri woman.

Over the weekend, I began seeing a screenshot from a news program with an embarrassing misspelling of the term 'Molotov Cocktail.'

Compound Possessives often create confusion as people try to successfully construct a grammatically correct sentence. Here's how to do it.

A relatively new bad habit, dropping to be in certain sentences, began to quickly ascend my list of grammatical pet peeves.

Mistress is no longer the proper word to define a homewrecker, the Associated Press now says. But their recent guidance on the matter caused a Twitter stir.

When you're starting your job search, here's a basic question to ponder: Should you spell resume with accents or without?

For years, at least before a global pandemic, a growing number of people celebrate Cinco de Mayo. But some don't know the reason behind their celebration!

This new assault on typing double spaces between words may make old-school typists angry but modern copyeditors delighted!

I knew when the coronavirus pandemic began that it wouldn't take long for the first new COVID-19 word to reach the dictionary.