Writing under the nom de clavier of “Sharontastrophe” (a name no doubt inspired by our last post about the quotastrophe), a faithful reader asks the question, “Should ‘top of mind’ have hyphens?” A wonderful question, and a wonderful opportunity to wax poetic on the subject of the predicative. While our friends across the pond may have […]

I happened to follow a link to Microsoft’s nearly useless MSN Groups site the other day and was horrified to see that the specter of a slogan that I believed had long since died an obscure death was still with us, at least in the “page title” information that’s displayed at the top of your […]

Welcome, children—is everyone comfortable? Very well, then let’s begin.
I woke up this morning and thought, what the Web really needs is a pissy, recalcitrant bastard who has too much time on his hands, coupled with a strong misanthropic bent, to set the world straight on matters of grammar. I’m tired of picking up the paper and […]