Today’s five-question, multiple-choice quiz is about word choice. I hope I don’t sound like a broken record, but we copy… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Wait for me
A reader wrote recently to say that he enjoys reading our newspaper, but he added that he hoped the editors… Read more »
Today’s quiz
Today’s quiz is about word choices. It’s the usual five-question, multiple-choice format. Give it a try here or click on… Read more »
Can you feel it?
A reader wrote with a good question from one of her students. She had admonished the students not to use… Read more »
Northern accents
A few readers have taken the newspaper to task for reporting that police had said that a suspect in a… Read more »
Quiz yourself
Today’s quiz features five multiple-choice sentences about “who,” “whom,” “whoever” and “whomever.” Click here to begin or click on the… Read more »
Say what?
I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out the way “trespassed” is used on this sign at… Read more »
“Fall guy” and other terms
Tuesday night, I heard Chris Matthews of MSNBC correct a lawyer he was interviewing about the Lewis “Scooter” Libby verdict…. Read more »
Monday is Quiz Day!
I have another five-question multiple-choice quiz ready for you. This one is about “lay” and “lie.” Click here to begin…. Read more »