Grammatical and Other Peregrinations

"Also" is a very useful adverb meaning "in addition to", and is often used as a transition into a second sentence which ...

When I was very, very young, I used to get up in the morning and run to the toilet, or "lav" as we called it, at the top of our ya...

When I began these posts, I warned you that I might occasionally stray from my area of putative expertise and reflect on other matters. This...

Mr. Charest, appealing to nationalist sentiment, has often been unhappy with Prime Minister Harper's government, but he hasn't calle...

When I was at school, we were taught never to use the word "get". It was probably considered a bit common. We were to receive  let...

Even the Guardian makes mistakes. Apostrophes indicate either contractions or possessives. Possessives are indicated as follows: sing...

As part of her excellent series on the caste system in India, Stephanie Nolan writes in this morning's Globe about the Love Commandos, ...