language

You could say, "I don't like him singing," or you could say, "I don't like his singing." Believe it or not, some folks have very strong feelings about which of those is correct.

It's all so grammatically straight forward in the present tense if you plead innocent. Later on though, should you tell people you "pleaded" innocent or "pled" innocent?

Today, a conversation with a man who has made it his life mission to keep the Great Lakes’ Indigenous language alive.

The sign at the grocery store said “can goods,” not “canned goods.”

We keep track of things, we lose track of things, we run track, and listen to tracks. Sometimes though, we confuse “track” with “tract.”

Alls our listener wanted to know is what's going on with the “alls” in “alls I know.”

Technically, not everyone you buy real estate from is a realtor.

The summer sped by and the car sped off, but perhaps we speeded up the process.

A bare-faced lie may also be bald. Sometimes, it may even be bold.

It doesn't seem like coming up with a response to "thank you" should be that complicated. When you think about it though, there are a lot of options.