Grammatical and Other Peregrinations

The lights were going out all over the island. We lost power on Mayne Island this morning. I had gone to pour my fi...

One of the topics discussed by the Deaf Old Buggers on a recent hike was the subjunctive mood. Did it still exist in English? One of our me...

Last night I attended a concert given by the Emily Carr String Quartet. It was a splendid performance, and I will not miss their next one. ...

In this morning's newspaper I noticed that the Happy Wanderers Walking Club for couples was accepting new members. I'm not sure why ...

Along with other readers of the newspaper, I have been following the flurry of letters criticizing the Globe for mentioning that the premie...

Winston Churchill demonstrated the absurdity of sticking rigidly to the rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition. "That is s...

I have a blogger acquaintance who posts everyday. I don't know how he does it. I continue to read the Globe and Mail, but let errors go ...