This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. There’s an ad out right now for Google’s Chromebook laptop with a slogan that says, “Switch to a new way to laptop.” While ...

Conservatives prefer using nouns, new transatlantic research suggests. The research also established that conservatives generally, to a greater degree than liberals, tend to refer to things by their ...

Is Anna Kendrick an actress or an actor? Is it ever okay to refer to her as a comedienne? These days, gender-specific nouns are often considered inappropriate. Our waiters and waitresses are now ...