Terms You Can Do Without: Cut Superfluous Words!
If you’re asked, “Would you like the minestrone soup with that?”, you wouldn’t be …
Wonderful Words to Wield
Our wonderful words series features terms that may not be well known, but that are …
Feel Good about Slashing Superfluous Words
Snipping thread, trimming hair … both lead to good results. It’s the same with cutting entire phrases from …
Wonderful Words Uncovered
Our wonderful words series features terms that may not be well known, but that are …
Your Left Is My Right: The Quirky Lingo of Handedness
Opposites don’t necessarily attract, but they usually make things clearer. Coins always land either heads …
Can the New So Easily Become the “New Normal”?
Innovations, transformations and revolutions love what’s new, and hate normalcy. So if much of …
Cut-Cut-Cut: Smile at Eliminating Those Superfluous Words
Cutting superfluous words from your texts might make you cringe at first. Then you’ll …
When Pittsburgh Met Paris: How We Love to Cite Cities
Places have enhanced our language in expressions we can’t do without. Cities conjure up locations on …
“Does anyone here speak English?”
Native English-speakers looking to converse in their language when they travel in a foreign country …
Unusual Wonderful Words
Our wonderful words series features terms that may not be well known, but that are …