By Curtis Honeycutt The following is a scenario based on real events. Any names have been changed to avoid embarrassment and grammar-shaming. My friend, Ann,
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Are children raised or reared?
By Curtis Honeycutt Cliff from Wilmington points out how I wrote recently that I was “raised in Oklahoma.” First of all, thanks for not making
The invisible letter lurking at the end of the grocery store
By Curtis Honeycutt I’ve lived in Indiana for 12 years now, and, prior to that, I was born and raised in Oklahoma. In both places,
Should vibrations: An ode to American language efficiency
By Curtis Honeycutt Americans like being the best at things. We’re the best at baseball, jazz, freedom, national parks — pretty much anything Ken Burns
It’s all well and good — until it’s not
By Curtis Honeycutt According to G.K. Chesterton, “The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a
An apostrophe-free farmers market
By Curtis Honeycutt I love this time of year for many reasons, but perhaps my favorite thing about early summer is the farmers market. I
Getting intransigent about intransitive verbs
By Curtis Honeycutt I ran into my friend Lou at the farmers market on Saturday and she looked troubled. This wasn’t because the sweet corn
How to avoid RAS Syndrome
By Curtis Honeycutt I have some urgent news: there’s an epidemic sweeping the country. So far, scientists haven’t found a cure, but I’m happy to
A quick reality check on reality TV
By Curtis Honeycutt Spring is in full swing. The bugs are back, seasonal allergies have come out of hiding and “for sale” signs in front
An increasingly informal lexicon reflected in Dictionary.com’s newest word list
By Curtis Honeycutt I can still remember buying my copy of Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language back in high school. It was