“Omit needless words”—the gnomic Rule Thirteen in William Strunk’s original 1918 self-published edition of The Elements of Style—is the kind of advice that means less and less the more you think about ...

We take words for granted. They’re the most basic building blocks of stories, the names we call each other, the way we explain our love to one another. These four thoughtful picture books make words ...

Liberals are different from you and me. They have more gobbledygook. Their pretentious vocabulary is what's keeping progressives from connecting with everyday Americans, according to a memo prepared ...

What are homophones? Is it who's or whose? Is it accept or except? Is it affect or effect? Is it bare with me or bear with me? It isn't entirely surprising that homophones are so often confused in ...