Archive for Prescriptivism
Literally
Several years ago, I took a sideswipe at “literally” in an entry about something else. John S and Shmuel both gently pointed out that I was wrong to be fussy...
Happy National Grammar Day!
It's National Grammar Day! Apparently created by the folks who brought us the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG). The National Grammar Day site initially looked annoyingly prescriptivist...
Is it a real word?
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks with OED editor Jesse Sheidlower about whether "conversate" is a word. I And dictionary editors in general. Lexicographer Erin McKean gave a talk at TED in 2007...