I’m sitting here thinking about an old buddy and an English teacher from Boonsboro High School. "Fink" was a good pal. His given name was Dave Phillips, but all his school friends just called him Fink ...

As NPR podcast hosts and language experts, we regularly hear people misusing words that seem alike but mean very different things. We call them "confusables" — because they are, well, confusing. These ...

There's nothing more embarrassing than having someone point out a writing mistake and realizing you've been making it everyday. I mean, it's probably effected your professional relationships for ...