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Scottish Reader Calls Out Authors Who Use Gaelic Incorrectly to Spice up Fantasy

By Alyssa ShotwellNov 2nd
Why Does Grammar Only Seem To Matter When Discussing Inclusive Language? Spanish Edition.

By Teresa JusinoJul 31st
This Misguided AP Guideline Just Shows that Stigma, Not Grammar, Is the Problem

By Julia GlassmanJan 30th
Using “Woke” To Mean Whatever You Need It To Mean Isn’t Limited To Right-Wing Media and I Hate It

By Alyssa ShotwellOct 12th
Well Here’s a Good, Fitting Use for That Money You Saved Seeing ‘Prey’ at Home

By Alyssa ShotwellAug 12th
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Spearheading Official AAVE Dictionary With Oxford Dictionary

By Alyssa ShotwellJul 28th
Why Does the ‘New York Times’ Feel the Need To Inject Transphobia Into the Fight for Abortion Access?

By Vivian KaneJun 8th
The 7 Most Popular Phrases Used in Anime

By Kirsten CareyMay 31st
What do San, Kun, Chan, Sama, Sensei, and Senpai Mean?

By Kirsten CareyMay 26th
What is Wordnesia? Why Words Sometimes Look Weird, Explained

By Julia GlassmanFeb 21st
One American Wrote Most of Scots Wikipedia. And They Got It All Wrong.

By Jessica MasonAug 26th
Experts Want us to Stop Saying “Quid Pro Quo” When it Comes to Trump

By Jessica MasonNov 10th
It’s Okay to Say the Word “Abortion”

By Vivian KaneMay 21st
Far Fewer People Support a “Fetal Heartbeat” Bill When They Find out What That Actually Means

By Vivian KaneMay 14th
Foreign Star Wars: The Last Jedi Translations Make It Plural, but That Doesn’t Clear Up Anything

By Dan Van WinkleFeb 17th
On Oxford Dictionaries and “Rabid” Feminism

By Carolyn CoxJan 22nd
First, Oldest Recorded Case of Fucks Given Dates Back to 1310

By Jessica LachenalSep 14th
New Study Suggests That Human Language Is Naturally Biased Towards Happy Words

By Victoria McNallyFeb 12th
Things We Saw Today: Why You Can Smell That Petrichor After It Rains

By Alanna BennettJan 18th
Margaret Atwood Protests Removal of Nature Words From Oxford Junior Dictionary

By Carolyn CoxJan 14th