Recently, the Los Angeles Times described the movie "Dheepan" as being about Sri Lankan refugees trying to escape ''their violent past in France." That made reader Rod do a double-take. ''There's a ...

That's what Mussolini's fascist bully boys poured down the throats of their political enemies, force-feeding them so much laxative that the treatment amounted to torture and, sometimes, death. I do ...

Here's a grab bag of gifts for those who want to remove common errors from their writing. Common error No. 1: Misuse of a plural verb. "In the end, neither the ...

My friend Peter Page builds high-rises. He knows that if he were to put a beam in the wrong place, the whole thing could come down. In a much less dramatic, costly and dangerous way, a misplaced word ...

This most famous of danglers is must-know stuff for any self-respecting smartypants. Not because the concept will help your writing all that much. Many people write just fine without the first clue ...

As the executive editor of Avenue Magazine, a luxury lifestyle publication based in New York City, I see the importance of proper grammar every day. But you don’t have to work in publishing to realize ...

What dangling modifiers are, and how to avoid them. [podcast]http://media.kansas.com/smedia/2009/06/14/21/061509grammar_modifiers.source.prod_affiliate.80.mp3 ...

As the executive editor of Avenue Magazine, a luxury lifestyle publication based in New York City, I see the importance of proper grammar every day. But you don’t have to work in publishing to realize ...