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  1. Word Count

     Flash Card: Who Did What to Whom?
    Thu Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2012
    When to use "who" and when "whom" -- this is the subject of our inquiry (and the object of our search).

  2. Candlepower

     "Whose" an Animate Object?
    Wed Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2011
    When robot butlers earn their rightful place in Consumer Reports, I'll let that august publication determine whether the product under scrutiny is an "it" or a "him." At this point in the history of humankind, however, there's little cause for speculation as to what is or is not an animate object.

  3. Candlepower

     Slouching Toward (or Is It Towards?) Consistency
    Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018
    The fuss over terminal -s is a matter of convention, not the end of the world as we know it.

  4. Word Count

     Yours, Mine, and Ours: Further Adventures with Possessives
    Wed Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2012
    Last week we dealt with some possessive questions when there were plural possessors. Now we'll deal with other possessives, which are more complex than they appear, and plural possessives.

  5. Dog Eared

     A Witty, Impressive Quotefest
    Mon Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2012
    Everyone likes puppies, cookies, Batman, and humorous quotations. Therefore, the fourth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, edited by the late Ned Sherrin, should be enjoyed by everyone. This Brit-heavy volume leans closer to the witty than the funny, but it's both a serious reference book and a hall-of-fame bathroom book.

  6. Language Lounge

     That Uncertain Someone
    Mon May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020
    Do the profound insights made by J. L. Austin and Paul Grice have any application to "conversations" in which the traffic in words is by definition all or nearly all one-way?

  7. Word Count

     Finding the Facts in Fiction: Dreiser's "The Bulwark"
    Mon Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
    All fiction rests on a foundation of fact. Even if an author describes five-headed creatures who live on Planet Zobar and drink purple water, he or she must give readers enough feeling of life for us to imagine the world the words create.

  8. "Bad Language"

     Geeks: How to Write for a Non-Technical Audience
    Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2008
    "Two peoples divided by a common language." George Bernard Shaw said this about the British and the Americans, but the same can be said of anoraks and suits.

  9. Teachers at Work

     Dear Diary, Today I Learned to Spell: Journaling and Spelling in the Classroom
    Mon Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2012
    An ongoing struggle in the English Language Arts classroom is improving students' spelling habits. We educators know that good spelling is a crucial skill; is there anything more likely to derail a résumé or essay than a spelling error? Yet it's also a skill that requires assiduous practice on the part of our students.

  10. Word Routes

     Spoiler Alert! Revealing the Origins of the "Spoiler"
    Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    Is there any point in remaining "spoiler-free," steering clear of any crucial plot points of movies or television shows you haven't seen yet? That's the question raised by Netflix in its new "Living with Spoilers" campaign, and it set me off on a search for the roots of the "spoiler" in my latest column for the Wall Street Journal.
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