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  • Grammar sticklers may have OCD

    Jun 24, 2012 6:30 pm272631 views
  • Nametag reads "Hello, my pronouns are . . ."

    Nonbinary pronouns are older than you think

    Oct 13, 2018 5:15 pm71608 views
  • The Noun Game -- a simple grammar lesson leads to a clash of civilizations

    Oct 24, 2009 5:30 pm53631 views
  • The gender-neutral pronoun: after 150 years still an epic fail

    Aug 2, 2010 12:13 am51633 views
  • Is "gay apparel" gay?

    Nov 1, 2013 9:00 pm48098 views
  • A Brief History of Singular 'they'

    Jul 30, 2018 12:15 pm47755 views
  • America’s War on Language

    Sep 3, 2014 6:30 pm47631 views
  • Facebook multiplies genders but offers users the same three tired pronouns

    Feb 28, 2014 4:15 pm38161 views
  • A spelling reformer writes to Mr. Lincoln

    Jun 5, 2009 12:45 am33787 views
  • Defending the language with bullets: If you can read this in English, thank a soldier

    Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm31539 views
  • Don't make English official, ban it instead

    Feb 21, 2015 2:15 pm30703 views
  • Literally has always been figurative

    Aug 23, 2013 9:00 pm30284 views
  • The government does not control your grammar

    Jan 19, 2011 6:45 pm28130 views
  • Language lessons: It's time for English teachers to stop teaching that the earth is flat

    Dec 1, 2009 10:15 pm27782 views
  • Pronoun backlash

    Oct 4, 2020 12:00 pm23120 views
  • Washoe, chimp who learned sign language, dies at 42 without signing good-bye

    Nov 2, 2007 1:30 pm20948 views
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    Miranda and the Louisiana Lawyer Dog: a case of talking while black

    Nov 4, 2017 10:00 am20542 views
  • A mummy announces their pronouns

    Teachers' pronouns

    Oct 22, 2019 12:15 pm18897 views
  • A hangman stands by his gallows, with a sign, "People hanged, pictures hung."

    Commas don't kill people

    Jul 23, 2019 3:45 pm18516 views
  • Second Amendment grammar -- the Framers parsed it one way, but will the Supreme Court agree with their analysis?

    Mar 16, 2008 8:30 pm18335 views
  • Hey, you guys, you is already plural

    Aug 24, 2018 10:15 am17913 views
  • Webster's banned for too much sex

    Jan 25, 2010 8:00 pm17560 views
  • Singular they is word of the year

    Nov 19, 2015 1:30 pm17242 views
  • Speak English, get out of jail free

    Mar 27, 2008 9:00 pm16943 views
  • The highest dictionary in the land? The Supreme Court and the definition of "marriage"

    May 25, 2013 3:45 pm16858 views
  • Countering the backlash against nonbinary pronouns

    Oct 16, 2018 11:15 pm16087 views
  • Take the National Grammar Day Quiz

    Mar 2, 2011 11:00 pm15890 views
  • Dirty words you can say on television: WTF as the newest cable channel?

    Nov 14, 2009 7:00 pm15029 views
  • "Yes, we want" -- Who owns global English?

    Apr 21, 2010 3:00 pm14238 views
  • How to save an endangered language

    Nov 17, 2011 12:01 am13552 views
  • Pronouns and the law

    Oct 10, 2019 1:45 pm13227 views
  • Yo! A new gender-neutral pronoun from, of all places, Baltimore

    Jan 8, 2008 11:30 pm12999 views
  • House Passes H.R. 401, a Bill to Ban Texting in Spanish

    Mar 31, 2011 7:00 pm12545 views
  • That ugly Americanism? It may well be British.

    Jul 31, 2011 12:15 am12416 views
  • Multitasking: learning to teach and text at the same time

    Jan 21, 2010 8:15 pm12410 views
  • Montreal bus driver celebrates 40 years of official bilingualism by throwing English-speaking passenger off her bus

    Sep 11, 2009 11:45 pm12113 views
  • The great language change hoax

    Apr 1, 2013 12:30 pm11998 views
  • Does the First Amendment mean "You can't make me say your pronouns"?

    Jun 13, 2022 10:00 am11878 views
  • Definition of "thon" from Merriam-Webster's Second New International Dictionary, 1934.

    Thon was Word of the Year in 1884

    Jan 5, 2018 12:30 pm11667 views
  • How a bill becomes a law 2.0: A high-tech president renews the Patriot Act by autopen

    Jun 3, 2011 4:15 pm11550 views
  • Let's eat grandpa: Commas are not a matter of life and death, even in the law

    Mar 16, 2017 1:15 am11267 views
  • Grammar-shaming Trump

    Nov 1, 2019 12:00 pm11084 views
  • Teaching commas won't help

    May 14, 2011 3:00 pm11009 views
  • Banning laptops in the classroom

    Jan 14, 2013 7:15 pm10353 views
  • The iPad: What is a Gutenberg moment, anyway?

    Apr 6, 2010 9:30 am9924 views
  • Unhappy writers are better writers, says psychologist

    Nov 5, 2009 10:00 am9847 views
  • So how do dictionaries define marriage, anyway?

    Apr 29, 2015 4:45 pm9785 views
  • Bong Hits 4 Jesus: High Court rules that students who mention drugs are pushing them

    Jun 25, 2007 11:08 pm9760 views
  • t-shirt with slogan "Everybody wants to be correct but nobody wants to be corrected."

    The grammar gripes just keep on coming

    Mar 14, 2026 4:15 pm9628 views
  • English: The official national language of the United States

    Aug 18, 2006 3:15 pm9389 views
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