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A correspondent writes to ask about which preposition to use in relation to the Internet: is it on or in ? Both are used, but on is hug...

A correspondent writes to ask about the increased use of ellipses in text messaging, emails, and the like. He illustrates with 'where ar...

The OP 'movement' - I think one can call it that these days - gathers pace. Anyone who's been following activities via the dedic...

Most readers of this blog will not know that yesterday I took part in a webinar for the International Association of Teachers of English as ...

A correspondent writes to ask about an old chestnut which/that I realise I haven't discussed in my blog hitherto. He asks about the rela...

OP (‘original pronunciation’), as regular readers of these posts know, has so far been mainly directed at Shakespeare. But in the last year ...

A correspondent writes from Oman asking me to resolve a question that has apparently been much debated at his university recently. What is t...