“Scientists have unearthed startling revelations about our Homo sapien forebears,” CNN reported in December. But is that true? I’d argue no because we don’t have Homo sapien forebears. In fact, ...

Hwang Minsu from Korea writes: What is the difference in meaning between impossible mission and mission impossible? In English, many adjectives, including past participles, can come before or after ...

Adjectives: Martin Amis and Jonathan Raban are master users, but Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toni Morrison loathe them. So did Mark Twain, whose advice Ben Yagoda borrows for the title of his book When ...

But is the “rule” worthy of an internet storm – or is it more of a ripple in a teacup? Well, certainly the example is a rather unlikely sentence, and not simply because whittling knives are not in ...

A business page carried a feature on Thursday about the tech entrepreneur Dan Wagner. Readers were informed: “Mr Wagner is best-known for being the founder and former chief executive of Dialog.” The ...

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