We can count fathoms when we’re measuring things. We can also metaphorically fathom or not fathom things.
Jul 10
5 min
This is a bespoke segment of That’s What They Say that focuses on “bespoke.”
Jul 3
5 min
If it’s up your alley, it might also be up your street. And perhaps it’s down rather than up.
Jun 26
4 min
You say "lieutenant," I say “leftenant” but let’s not call the whole thing off.
Jun 22
5 min
There’s more than one way to be wonky, and not all of them are bad.
Jun 12
5 min
Adverbs don’t always get a lot of love, captured powerfully in the writing tip “Abolish the adverbs.”
Jun 5
5 min
We scrimp and we save, and we skimp and we still save, which makes one wonder whether scrimping is different from skimping
May 29
4 min
Cheesemongers sell cheese, and gossipmongers usually start the gossip or spread it, rather than sell it.
May 22
5 min
Many of us don’t talk about doornails very often, but sometimes we will when things are really, well, dead.
May 15
4 min
If you know how the sound "f" worked in Old English, it suddenly isn’t mysterious why the "f" in "leaf" turns into a "v" in the plural form "leaves."
May 8
5 min
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