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• Ebooks or Paper Books by Robert Hartwell Fiske
• A Paperless World? by Bernard Limoges
• Winds of Change or Doldrums of Tradition? by Chris Randall
• Electronic Publishing: A Cultural Adventure by Colin Haynes
• What Ebooks Can Do That Print Books Can't by Pamela Jones
• The Content of Ebooks by Hugh O'Connor
• What's a "Meta" For? by Pamela Black
• The Remains of All Writing, the Spoils of All Speech by Robert Hartwell Fiske
• The Perfectibility of Words by Robert Hartwell Fiske
• The Tarnishing of English by Stephen Heintz
• Bottle That Punaphor by Joseph Epstein
• Stamp Out Fadspeak! by Richard Lederer
• Why Linguists Are Not to Be Trusted on Language Usage — page 1 by Mark Halpern
• Politicians Incorrect by Richard Lederer
• You Got Attitude? by Joseph Epstein
• Titanic Blunders by David Carkeet
• Grammar and Disputation — page 1 by Peter Corey
• Four Cheers Five Victor Borge by Richard Lederer
• The Muse of Mopar by David Carkeet
• Playing the Synonym Game by Ken Bresler
• Writing Down to Readers by Steve Cook
• English Words of Arabic Origin by Habeeb Salloum
• The End of Linguistics — page 1 by Mark Halpern
• The Like Virus by David Grambs
• How Linguistics Killed Grammar — page 1 by Peter Corey
• Empowering or Cowering by David R. Williams
• The Game of the Name by Marylaine Block
• Nice Distinctions by Julian Burnside
• Upsizing by Joseph Epstein
• The Dangerous Pleasure of Reading by Tim Buck
• Words of a Feather by Valerie Collins
• Situation Comedy by Joseph Epstein
• The Melancholy of Anatomy by Richard Burnett Carter
• Hyphenology, or The Missing Link by Darren Crovitz
• Obscene Words by Julian Burnside
• Shoptalk by Robert McHenry
• Yes, We Have No Bananas by Valerie Collins
• Penman by Joseph Epstein
• The Secret Nature of Nicknames by Darren Crovitz
• Holy Wars by Julian Burnside
• "The Relationship" Equals "You"; The Passive-Aggressive "Oh, Well" by Maggie Balistreri
• Sorry, Charles by Joseph Epstein
• How to Err in Italian by David Carkeet
• DisenYOUGUYSing American English — page 1 by jjoan ttaber altieri
• Fading Distinctions by Julian Burnside
• Who Owns English — page 1 by Orin Hargraves
• To Hell with Language: The Language of Comedy by Francis Blessington
• Sayonara, Mr. Fowler: On the Use and Abuse of Foreign Words and Phrases by John W. Nelson
• Congratulations, Valetudinarian! by David Carkeet
• Harmless Drudges — Julian Burnside
• Ain't We Got Fun? — Steven G. Kellman
• Organ Solo: Masturbation Words — Mark Morton
• Quote-idian by Joseph Epstein
• Grammar, Art, and the F-Word by Eric Scheske
• The Archbishop's Pronoun by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• English Is Everywhere by Richard Lederer
• Getting the Answers You Want by Barbara Wallraff
• Word Wise by Skip Eisiminger
• Writing Right by Tracy Lee Simmons
• Know Acceptions: Internet English Is Still English by Kelly Cannon
• Hue and Cry by Michael J. Sheehan
• A Continual Allegory: Some Thoughts on Literal-Mindedness — Skip Eisiminger
• Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog — Kitty Burns Florey
• Word Wizards of Oz — Keith Hall
• Breve New World: Thoughts on an Emergent Pidgin by Kerr Houston
• Campers, Mediums, and Pigs: A Look at the Word Happy by Mark Peters
• When the Teacher's Wrong by Skip Eisiminger
• News from the Trenches: An English Professor Speaks by Carey Harrison
• A Guide to Teenspeak by Richard Lederer
• A Battle of Words by Tina Bennett-Kastor
• Phony Histories: A Vindication of False Etymologies by Kerr Houston
• An The A by Anna Jean Mallinson
• Dropping Names by Skip Eisiminger
• Kabbala of the Spin Top Vehicle — Joe Kelly
• Finding the Fictions — Francis Blessington
• The Ultimate Legal Thriller — Kevin Mims
September 1999, Vol. 1, No. 1
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Scarcely Used Words
October 1999, Vol. 1, No. 2
• Digital Publishing: Past, Present, and Future by John Rutledge
• Why Are We Wordy by Robert Hartwell Fiske
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Scarcely Used Words
November 1999, Vol. 1, No. 3
• On Dimwitticisms: An Introduction by Robert Hartwell Fiske
• Two Poems by Laura Cherry
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English vs. Everyday English
• Scarcely Used Words
December 1999, Vol. 1, No. 4
• Plain English by Dave Fox
• The Wrong-Headedness of Linguistic Self-Righteousness by Alan Pagliere
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English vs. Everyday English
• Scarcely Used Words
January 2000, Vol. 2, No. 1
• Ebooks: The Publisher's Dream by David Palmer
• On Moribund Metaphors by Robert Hartwell Fiske
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English vs. Everyday English
• Scarcely Used Words
February 2000, Vol. 2, No. 2
• The Linguistic Conservationist by Robert P. O'Shea
• Our Democratic Language by Tina Bennett-Kastor
• The Rebirth of Writing by Gloria Pincu
• Two Poems by Mark L. Levinson
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English vs. Everyday English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
March 2000, Vol. 2, No. 3
• Two Poems by Laura Cherry
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English vs. Everyday English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Letters to the Editor
April 2000, Vol. 2, No. 4
• The Linguistic Conservationist by Robert P. O'Shea
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English vs. Everyday English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Letters to the Editor
May 2000, Vol. 2, No. 5
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Letters to the Editor
June 2000, Vol. 2, No. 6
• The Linguistic Conservationist by Robert P. O'Shea
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
July 2000, Vol. 2, No. 7
• Words That Stab Like a Sword by Pamela Jones
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
August 2000, Vol. 2, No. 8
• I'm Eppy, but Call Me Epstein by Joseph Epstein
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
September 2000, Vol. 2, No. 9
• Why Linguists Are Not to Be Trusted on Language Usage — page 2 by Mark Halpern
• A Bestiary of Adjectives by Susan Elkin
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
October 2000, Vol. 2, No. 10
• Arabic Influences in the English Language by Habeeb Salloum
• No Greater Misfortune: Debating with American Academics by Mark Halpern
• Two Poems by Elana Wolff
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• Letters to the Editor
November 2000, Vol. 2, No. 11
• Double Your Pleasure by Michael J. Sheehan
• Words Can Harm Me: They Can Make Me Crazy! by Terrie Ens
• Killin' Me Softly with Your Verbs by Bill Miles
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
December 2000, Vol. 2, No. 12
• Getting the Words Right by Tracy Lee Simmons
• The Long and the Short of It by Richard Dowis
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• Descriptivist vs. Prescriptivist
• Letters to the Editor
January 2001, Vol. 3, No. 1
• Grammar and Disputation — page 2 by Peter Corey
• Grammar and Disputation — page 3 by Peter Corey
• The Game of the Name by Joseph Epstein
• Flocks, Flights, Companies, and Coveys by Susan Elkin
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
February 2001, Vol. 3, No. 2
• Grammar Matters by Marylaine Block
• Practicing Prescriptivism Now and Then by Edward Finegan
• Snobs and Slobs by David R. Williams
• Two Poems by Elana Wolff
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
March 2001, Vol. 3, No. 3
• Going Without the Flow by Joseph Epstein
• Future Imperfect by Michael J. Sheehan
• Like by Maggie Balistreri
• Two Poems by Herbert Stern
• Grumbling About Grammar
• The Grumbling About Grammar Awards (GAGAs)
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
April 2001, Vol. 3, No. 4
• Bush-Whacked Language by Richard Lederer
• "Secrets" of the Pros — page 1 by Richard Dowis
• "Secrets" of the Pros — page 2 by Richard Dowis
• "Secrets" of the Pros — page 3 by Richard Dowis
• Urban Renewal English by Jeff Danziger
• Two Poems by Mark L. Levinson
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
May 2001, Vol. 3, No. 5
• Clichés by David R. Williams
• Words to Be Wise by Marylaine Block
• "Unfortunately" Equals "Um, Fortunately" by Maggie Balistreri
• Two Poems by Barry Spacks
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
June 2001, Vol. 3, No. 6
• Mr. Epstein Regrets by Joseph Epstein
• Children Deserve Poetry by Susan Elkin
• Two Poems by Elana Wolff
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
July 2001, Vol. 3, No. 7
• The End of Linguistics — page 2 by Mark Halpern
• Memo to Reviewers by David Carkeet
• Student Bloopers by Michael J. Sheehan
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
August 2001, Vol. 3, No. 8
• Black Holes by Julian Burnside
• Words and People by Richard Lederer
• Two Poems by Herbert Stern
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
September 2001, Vol. 3, No. 9
• How Linguistics Killed Grammar — page 2 by Peter Corey
• How Linguistics Killed Grammar — page 3 by Peter Corey
• How Linguistics Killed Grammar — page 4 by Peter Corey
• How Linguistics Killed Grammar — page 5 by Peter Corey
• Thanks for Sharing by Joseph Epstein
• But You Know What I Mean by Robert Fulton
• Two Poems by Fred Moramarco
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
October 2001, Vol. 3, No. 10
• Two Bad Papers on Language Usage by Mark Halpern
• The Root of the Matter by Brenda Townsend Hall
• The Odyssey of the Arabic Language and Its Script by Habeeb Salloum
• Been There, Done That by David Isaacson
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
November 2001, Vol. 3, No. 11
• Writing: The Democratization of American Letters by Christopher Lord
• Bumper Bites by Tina Bennett-Kastor
• The Art of Conversation by Tim Buck
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
December 2001, Vol. 3, No. 12
• Don't Throw It Away by Susan Elkin
• Archie's Gone, But Not His Bunkerisms by Richard Lederer
• TV Empathy by Robert Bové
• The Grammar of Anthony Burgess's The Eve of Saint Venus by Richard Carter
• Two Poems by Ernest Hilbert
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
January 2002, Vol. 4, No. 1
• >Happy Palindromic New Year by Richard Lederer
• Dum & Dummer by Michael J. Sheehan
• "Different From" Not "Different Than" by Peter Corey
• Birdheart by Elana Wolff by Greg McPeake
• Two Poems by Warren Jones
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
February 2002, Vol. 4, No. 2
• Spelling by Christopher Lord
• No Problem? by David Isaacson
• The Eskimo Snow Vocabulary Debate by Mark Halpern
• Two Poems by Sarah Skwire
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
March 2002, Vol. 4, No. 3
• Heaven and Hello by Heinz Insu Fenkl
• The Last Words by Christopher Orlet
• King James Bible by Susan Elkin
• Two Poems by Fred Moramarco
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
April 2002, Vol. 4, No. 4
• Christian Dogs and Politicians by David R. Williams
• Mark Twain and the English Language by Richard Lederer
• Spoonerisms and Malapropisms by Marshall Dean
• Two Poems by Lauren Rile Smith
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
May 2002, Vol. 4, No. 5
• Myth-Bashing as a Substitute for Thought by Mark Halpern
• Mach 1 by Michael J. Sheehan
• Myths and Takes on Writing Web Content by Ken Bresler
• Two Poems by Brian Taylor
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
June 2002, Vol. 4, No. 6
• Author's Choice by Joseph Epstein
• Rhetoric and Reality by Konstantin Kakaes
• Operation Spin This by Clark Elder Morrow
• Two Poems by Pen Pearson
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
July 2002, Vol. 4, No. 7
• The Secret Alchemy of Doctor Seuss by Heinz Insu Fenkl
• Do You Know Where You're Coming From? by David Isaacson
• Two Poems by Matt Hart
• Planetmates by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Meaning of Postmodernism in an Age of Terrorism by Mark Halpern
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
August 2002, Vol. 4, No. 8
• Jest for the Pun of It by Richard Lederer
• Change a Word, Change a World by Marylaine Block
• Two Poems by Elana Wolff
• Allegory: The Land of Hope and Glory by Clark Elder Morrow
• Must We Burn Roget?; Elliott on Imperialism by Mark Halpern
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
September 2002, Vol. 4, No. 9
• The Prepositionless Excremental by David R. Williams
• Negative Thoughts by Brenda Townsend Hall
• Why Good Grammar? by Richard Mitchell
• Two Poems by Sarah Skwire
• Mr. Goldentongue by Clark Elder Morrow
• Proverbs Reconsidered by Christopher Orlet
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
October 2002, Vol. 4, No. 10
• The Myth of Gaps by Allan Metcalf
• Playing with a Full Deck by Richard Lederer
• Get 'em to Read Real Books by Susan Elkin
• Sound Off: Lawyers vs. Language by Kelly Cannon
• Two Poems by Laura Cherry
• The Elder Statesman: The Proud and the Pitiful by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Last Word: What's so Funny? by Christopher Orlet
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
November 2002, Vol. 4, No. 11
• Like, He Said by David Isaacson
• Rendering unto Caesar Even That Which Is Not His by Robert McHenry
• A Teddy Bearish Centennial by Richard Lederer
• Sound Off: On the Incomprehensibility of Privacy Notices by Mark Hochhauser
• The Elder Statesman: Crash of the Titans by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: The Meaning of Objectivity: Part 1 by Mark Halpern
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
December 2002, Vol. 4, No. 12
• Talk to Me by Marylaine Block
• The True Meanings of Christmas by Richard Lederer
• Words and Powers by Robert McHenry
• Sound Off: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Lost Legacy by Paul G. Zolbrod
• The Elder Statesman: Movies, Masks, and Music by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: The Meaning of Objectivity: Part 2 by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: Gibrisch Spoken Here by Chris Orlet
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
January 2003, Vol. 5, No. 1
• Linguistic Chaos: English in the Gulf of Araby by Tony Donovan
• The Pen Is Mightier Than MSWord by Rohit Gupta
• A Noo-kyuh-lur Nonproliferation Treatise by Richard Lederer
• Just Say Know by Ken Bresler
• Sound Off: Caught in a Spell by Terry Ballard
• The Elder Statesman: Of Apes and Apprentices by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Last Word: Circling the Wagons by Chris Orlet
• Love Your English: Get Vivad! by Valerie Collins
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
February 2003, Vol. 5, No. 2
• The Okay Man Is Gone by Richard Lederer
• Why Teachers Can't Read Poetry by John Kilgore
• Discover the Theme; Animal Words by Anu Garg
• The Death Rattle of the Collective Noun by Bob Wakulich
• Sound Off: Train-of-Thought Writing by Marshall Dean
• The Elder Statesman: Oliver Wendell Who? by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Orwell Suffers the Death of a Thousand Cuts by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: The Vocabulary of Democracy by Chris Orlet
• Love Your Language: The Hit-Your-Audience-in-the-Eye Guide to English by Valerie Collins
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
March 2003, Vol. 5, No. 3
• Does Saying Make It So? by Tina Bennett-Kastor
• Kvetching About Literary Criticism by David Isaacson
• Nifty Neologisms by Michael J. Sheehan
• Haunted Words by Richard Lederer
• Two Poems by Cher Cunningham
• The Elder Statesman: A Philosophical Dialogue Between Nature and Supernature by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Our Friends, the Paradox and the Problem by Mark Halpern
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
April 2003, Vol. 5, No. 4
• DisenYOUGUYSing American English — page 2 by jjoan ttaber altieri
• The Law of PeepeePoopoo by Robert McHenry
• Rhetorical Abusage: Oxymorons and Pleonasms by Bruce O. Boston
• Words That Never Stray by Richard Lederer
• Two Poems by Brian Taylor
• The Elder Statesman: A Bit of Lit Crit for a Brit Flit Hit by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: "It's Safe to Predict ..." — Yes, Unfortunately by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: Quoth the Maven by Chris Orlet
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
May 2003, Vol. 5, No. 5
• Give Them Greek by Susan Elkin
• Linguistic Analysis: Lexical Borrowing in Arabic and English — page 1 by Jamil Daher
• Linguistic Analysis: Lexical Borrowing in Arabic and English — page 2 by Jamil Daher
• All-American Dialects by Richard Lederer
• Behavioral Writing: From Gobbledygook to Plain English by Mark Hochhauser
• Sound Off: Keep Foreign Languages out of the Classroom by Tony Donovan
• Two Poems by Ernest Hilbert
• The Elder Statesman: A Fable by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: An Ode to Science: Bird Thou Never Wert by Mark Halpern
• Love Your Language: It Takes Two to Tango: Diary of an Alliteration Junkie by Valerie Collins
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
June 2003, Vol. 5, No. 6
• Who Owns English — page 2 by Orin Hargraves
• United Through Proverbs by Brenda Townsend Hall
• Depopulating Sentences and Writing in the Non-Person by Ken Bresler
• Food for Thought by Keith Hall
• Sound Off: The Absence Note by jjoan ttaber altieri
• The Elder Statesman: Three Studies in Style by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: O, What a Noble Mind Is Here O'erthrown: Posner on Plagiarism by Mark Halpern
• The Critical Reader Rebutted: Trudgill Takes on Halpern: Converse Terms, Polysemy, and Respect for Nonstandard Dialects by Peter Trudgill
• The Last Word: Purloined Letters by Chris Orlet
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
July 2003, Vol. 5, No. 7
• Pornographorhea by Robert McHenry
• No Opinion by Joseph Epstein
• A Declaration of Linguistic Independence by Richard Lederer
• Opposing Views on That and Which by Frank E. Keyes, Jr.
• Sound Off: The Art of Shoddy Writing: Anthony Tommasini's New York Times Music Reviews by Mary C. Legg
• Two Poems by Robert Bové
• The Elder Statesman: Snarking the Wire Weenies by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Professor Trudgill Is Puzzled by Mark Halpern
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
• Letters to the Editor
August 2003, Vol. 5, No. 8
• A Few Guidelines to Good Writing by Paula LaRocque
• On the Comma's Cutting Edge by Mark Zimmermann
• Doing a Number on English by Richard Lederer
• The Decline of the Dictionary by Robert Hartwell Fiske
• Two Poems by Mark Shadle
• The Elder Statesman: Cheesed Off at the Chowderheads by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Birds of a Feather: On Hating "Hate" by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: That Endless Refrain by Christopher Orlet
• Love Your English: Ain't Misbehavin' by Valerie Collins
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Scarcely Used Words
• Oddments and Miscellanea
• On the Bookshelf
September 2003, Vol. 5, No. 9
• Knowing Words — page 1 by Robert McHenry
• Knowing Words — page 2 by Robert McHenry
• Singular They: The Pronoun That Came in from the Cold — page 1 by jjoan ttaber altieri
• Singular They: The Pronoun That Came in from the Cold — page 2 by jjoan ttaber altieri
• Weird and Wonderful Words by Richard Lederer
• A Litter of Clichés by Paul Povse
• The Elder Statesman: The Bawd and the Ballerina by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Erin McKean and Robert Hartwell Fiske on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary by Mark Halpern
• Grumbling About Grammar
• Elegant English
• On Dimwitticisms
• Clues to Concise Writing
• Oddments and Miscellanea
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October 2003, Vol. 5, No. 10
• Making Peace in the Language Wars — page 1 — Bryan A. Garner
• Making Peace in the Language Wars — page 2 — Bryan A. Garner
• Making Peace in the Language Wars — page 3 — Bryan A. Garner
• Telling It Slant — Marylaine Block
• Read Free! — Eric Scheske
• None Is or None Are? — Frank E. Keyes, Jr.
• A Feast of Halloween Puns — Richard Lederer
• rresponse tto jjoan ttaber altieri — Peter Corey
• Sound Off: Refuting Fiske and Halpern — Michael Glazer, David Wilton, Bob McHenry
• Two Poems — Frank Anthony
• The Elder Statesman: My Life as an Owl, Part Uno — Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Replies to Michael Glazer, David Wilton, and Bob McHenry — Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: The Gloomiest Trade — Chris Orlet
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November 2003, Vol. 5, No. 11
• Marginalized — Joseph Epstein
• Ollie, Ollie, -Ologist — Michael J. Sheehan
• The Age of Exploration — Kerr Houston
• The Greatest Dictionary — Richard Lederer
• Literary Review: Hamlet in the Closet — John Kilgore
• The Elder Statesman: My Life as an Owl, Part Dos — Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Two Worrisome Thoughts — Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: From Down Home to Decadence — Chris Orlet
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December 2003, Vol. 5, No. 12
• Math and Meaning — Brian Kimberling
• Things They Told Me Not to Do — Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Satire: Tool of the Surgeon — Jim Kittle
• The Abdominal Snowman — Richard Lederer
• Sound Off: Spell, Memory! — Clifton Raphael
• The Elder Statesman: Child's Play with Words — Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Two Worrisome Thoughts — Chris Orlet
• Love Your English: Blog and Be Merry — Valerie Collins
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January 2004, Vol. 6, No. 1
• Death Sentence by Julian Burnside
• The Metaphor Game by Phil Eubanks
• Our Star-Struck Language by Richard Lederer
• The Fiske Ranking of College Dictionaries by Robert Hartwell Fiske
• Sound Off: The Good Word by Rebecca Sheir
• The Elder Statesman: A Queen, Not a Goddess by Clark Elder Morrow
• Shibboleths: Fooling the Gender Genie by John Kilgore
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February 2004, Vol. 6, No. 2
• Twenty-Seven Feet of Measured Confusion by Michael J. Sheehan
• Bad Grammar Isn't Always What You Think by Edwin Battistella
• Since 2001, Nothing About "Us" Has Changed by Mark Zimmermann
• Doctors Cut with Medical Jargon by Judy Foreman
• The Elder Statesman: The Forgotten Prophet by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: A Sipid List That Will Live in Famy: Unrecorded Positives Formed from Unbalanced Negatives by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: When Euphemisms Die by Chris Orlet
• Shibboleths: Love and Biology: A Valentine's Essay by John Kilgore
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March 2004, Vol. 6, No. 3
• A Mosaic of New Words by Paul McFedries
• An Irish Bull Is Always Pregnant by Richard Lederer
• Thoughts on "A society is generally as lax as its language" by David Isaacson
• Life and Death Punctuation by Mark Painter
• Two Poems by Miriam N. Kotzin
• The Elder Statesman: Why the Early Sixties Was Better Than the Late Sixties by Clark Elder Morrow
• Love Your English: Hootlessness by Valerie Collins
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April 2004, Vol. 6, No. 4
• An Etymology of the Word Farce by Bill Casselman
• Nonce Words, Vogue Words, and Whatchamacallits by Bruce O. Boston
• In Search of Your Book's Most Powerful Sales Tool: Your Title by Michael Larsen
• Two Poems by Susan Snively
• The Elder Statesman: Professor Sobersides on "Funny Words" by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part I by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Quantum Physics by Chris Orlet
• Ask Fiske: Thirty Questions by Robert Hartwell Fiske
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May 2004, Vol. 6, No. 5
• Collective Nouns by Aaron Rosenberg
• Fairly Familiar Phrases by Richard Lederer
• Odds and Ends by Julian Burnside
• The Elder Statesman: How Not to Write Broadway Lyrics by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part II by Mark Halpern
• Shibboleths: Of Babes and Babel by John Kilgore
• Postcards from Babel: Of Mangoes, Curry, and Catamarans by Amalia Gnanadesikan
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June 2004, Vol. 6, No. 6
• The Gap That Shouldn't Be by Robert M. Knight
• Bowl and Blood: An Essay on What Hangs Above Us by Kerr Houston
• Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire by Richard Lederer
• The Elder Statesman: Oscar Wilde Meets the Cartoon Network by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part III by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: The Man Who Taught Americans to Laugh by Chris Orlet
• Postcards from Babel: All the Rivers Around Here Are Dutch by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Ask Fiske: Thirty-Five Questions by Robert Hartwell Fiske
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July 2004, Vol. 6, No. 7
• The Glamour of Grammar by Richard Lederer
• A Word for All Senses by Axel Albin and Amos Kenigsberg
• The Perfect Word Is the One That Will Do by Ira Nayman
• An English-Language Speaker's Survival Guide in Pakistan by Abbas Zaidi
• Three Poems by Sarah Skwire
• The Elder Statesman: The Voices of Reason by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part IV by Mark Halpern
• Postcards from Babel: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Amalia Gnanadesikan
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August 2004, Vol. 6, No. 8
• Five Signposts on the Road to Better Usage by Bruce O. Boston
• We Are All Language Inventors by Richard Lederer
• Can a Warlord Be a Dingbat? by Mark Peters
• The Elder Statesman: Quick! Name That Threat! by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part V by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: Fatal Language Errors by Christopher Orlet
• Love Your English: Ablaut Shmablaut by Valerie Collins
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September 2004, Vol. 6, No. 9
• Is Reading Really at Risk? by Joseph Epstein
• Little Letters, Big Idea by David Sacks
• A Primer of Political Etymology by Richard Lederer
• Newsworthy: Gay Terms Added to Dictionary in Canada by Adrian Brune
• The Elder Statesman: A Gimcrack Glossary by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Editing as You Would Be Edited: Part VI by Mark Halpern
• Shibboleths: Marriage in Wonderland by John Kilgore
• Postcards from Babel: On Withstanding Werewolves by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Ask Fiske: Thirty Questions by Robert Hartwell Fiske
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October 2004, Vol. 6, No. 10
• Code Switching — David Isaacson
• Words About Our Presidents — Richard Lederer
• The Wrong Words — Marylaine Block
• Of Concordances, the Spider Guy, and Other Matters: A Rumination — Michael Berberich
• Two Poems — Laura Cherry
• The Elder Statesman: The Lost Art of the Jeremiad — Clark Elder Morrow
• The Last Word: Hillbilly Hamlets — Chris Orlet
• Shibboleths: Comp 101 by John Kilgore
• Postcards from Babel: The Man Who Died of Thirst in the Dessert by Amalia Gnanadesikan
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November 2004, Vol. 6, No. 11
• Renaming and Rebranding — Edwin Battisella
• Nibbles from Cupboard Love — Mark Morton
• Beautiful English — Richard Lederer
• Choice Words — Ken Bresler
• Sound Off: Bush's Postmodernism — Johann Neem
• The Elder Statesman: What I Learned in Sin City — Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Key Words of Our Time: Fuzzy Logic — Mark Halpern
• Shibboleths: Translations from the British — John Kilgore
• Postcards from Babel: On Learning to Read — Amalia Gnanadesikan
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December 2004, Vol. 6, No. 12
• Two Incendiary Authors — Steven G. Kellman
• Euphemisms: World as Text and Text as World — Abbas Zaidi
• Inaugural Addresses: Omens of Things to Come — Richard Lederer
• The Elder Statesman: Concerning Taste There Can Be Dispute — Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Key Words of Our Time: Order of Magnitude — Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: World's Most Irritating Phrases — Chris Orlet
• Love Your English: Abomistrosities — Valerie Collins
• Ask Fiske: Fifteen Questions — Robert Hartwell Fiske
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January 2005, Vol. 7, No. 1
• The Mermaid by Heinz Insu Fenkl
• Blog, Bloggers, Blague by Joseph Epstein
• Foggy Blogs by David Isaacson
• A Stylish Inauguration Speech by Richard Lederer
• Two Poems by Elana Wolff
• The Elder Statesman: English Romantic Poets and ... Hollywood? by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Curling up with a Good Dimension on a Rainy Day by Mark Halpern
• Shibboleths: Frisking the Governor's Daughter: On Puns by John Kilgore
• Postcards from Babel: Turtles All the Way Down by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Bethumped with Words: Four Northern Words Flenched by Bill Casselman
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February 2005, Vol. 7, No. 2
• Naughty Words by Julian Burnside
• Small Talk by Anna Jean Mallinson
• GÏÕÑ þµ ‡€ †¥ ÅE ðÿšŽë [Honk If You're Etruscan] by jjoan ttaber
• The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer
• Two Poems by Frank Anthony
• The Elder Statesman: An Absurdly Brief History of English Prose Style by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Last Word: The Best (or Worst) Newspaper Writing? by Chris Orlet
• Postcards from Babel: A Grimm Tale by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Bethumped with Words: The Word Ptarmigan Plooks Pfunny by Bill Casselman
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March 2005, Vol. 7, No. 3
• guardian | guidewords by Michael J. Sheehan
• The Deadly Game of Corporatese by Jose A. Carillo
• Euphemisms: The Fig Leaves of Language by Richard Lederer
• Two Poems by Susan Snively
• The Elder Statesman: Titbits from the Tanakh by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: When a Species Needs a Pal by Mark Halpern
• Postcards from Babel: Conversations with the Dead by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Bethumped with Words: Snow Motto Has Ancient Source by Bill Casselman
• Ask Fiske: Twelve Questions by Robert Hartwell Fiske
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April 2005, Vol. 7, No. 4
• Still Ignorant After All These Years by David R. Williams
• No Harmless Drudge: A Quatrimillennial Celebration by Richard Lederer
• Two Poems by Adam Kane
• The Elder Statesman: On Wit by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Last Word: The Archeology of Words by Christopher Orlet
• Love Your English: Cutting and Splicing by Valerie Collins
• Shibboleths: Little House in the Culture Wars by John Kilgore
• Bethumped with Words: Diana Krall: The Meaning of Her Names by Bill Casselman
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May 2005, Vol. 7, No. 5
• Limited Success by Marylaine Block
• How to Rite for Righting Teachers by Dawnelle A. Jager
• Mome Raths Outgrabe by John Mason Mings
• The Elder Statesman: Isocrates v. Joshua: Divergent Ideals of Education in Ancient Greece and Israel by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Three Reflections on American Humanistic Scholarship by Mark Halpern
• Postcards from Babel: Travels of an Eggplant by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Bethumped with Words: Latin Clavis Is the Keyword by Bill Casselman
• Harrison's Corner: Maydays by Carey Harrison
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June 2005, Vol. 7, No. 6
• The Ooohs and Ahs and Ooh-La-Las: A Look at Interjections by Mark Peters
• On Some Deficiencies in Our American Dictionaries by Frank Keyes
• The Way We Word by Richard Lederer
• Three Poems by Mariel Boyarsky
• The Elder Statesman: Being Pithy by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: Just a Few Rotten Apples, or Duffy's Dopiness by Mark Halpern
• The Last Word: The Language of God by Chris Orlet
• Postcards from Babel: The Way We Talk Anymore by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Bethumped with Words: Origin of the Racist Slur Wop by Bill Casselman
• Harrison's Corner: Dog-Days by Carey Harrison
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July 2005, Vol. 7, No. 7
• Bad Writing Kills by Christopher D. Ringwald
• The Pledge of Allegiance: A Grammarian's View by Edwin Battistella
• A Little Bit of Comma Sense by Richard Lederer
• Three Poems by Ruth Maassen
• The Elder Statesman: The Secret Lives of Letters by Clark Elder Morrow
• Shibboleths: The Uses of Euphony by John Kilgore
• Postcards from Babel: Are We Related? by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Bethumped with Words: Summer and the Words for Seasons of the Year by Bill Casselman
• Harrison's Corner: Hey-Days by Carey Harrison
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August 2005, Vol. 7, No. 8
• Fallout from the Battle of Hastings by Judge Mark P. Painter
• Serving up a Tennis Slogan: Jest for the Pun of It by Richard Lederer
• Sound Off: Brother, Can You Spare a Question? by Kevin Mims
• Two Poems by Judy Roland
• The Elder Statesman: Are Writers Overrated? by Clark Elder Morrow
• Bethumped with Words: Wog! Origin of a Racist Insult by Bill Casselman
• Harrison's Corner: Away-Days by Carey Harrison
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September 2005, Vol. 7, No. 9
• A Tense Time with Verbs by Richard Lederer
• Getting Nicked by Nicknames by David Isaacson
• Kicked to the Verb by Mark Peters
• Interview: On Libraries: A Conversation with Ilan Stavans by Verónica Albin
• Two Poems by Pen Pearson
• The Elder Statesman: Let's Build a Poem by Clark Elder Morrow
• The Critical Reader: As for Killing, Our Servants Will Do That for Us by Mark Halpern
• Shibboleths: Crossing the Jordan: Four Meditations on Usage by John Kilgore
• Postcards from Babel: Words Are Not Enough by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Bethumped with Words: Hysteria: The Just Death of a Medical Word by Bill Casselman
• Harrison's Corner: Oy-weh! Days by Carey Harrison
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October 2005, Vol. 7, No. 10
• No Joke — Joseph Epstein
• Perilous Pronouns — Ada Brunstein
• Halloween Word Prey in a Jugular Vein — Richard Lederer
• Two Poems — George Witte
• The Elder Statesman: Characters of Color — Clark Elder Morrow
• The Last Word: New Clichés — Chris Orlet
• Shibboleths: Four Meditations on Usage — Part 3 — John Kilgore
• Postcards from Babel: Mouths of Babes by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Bethumped with Words: Sockeye Salmon: A British Columbia Word — Bill Casselman
• Harrison's Corner: Gray Days — Carey Harrison
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November 2005, Vol. 7, No. 11
• Words, Words, Words — Susan Elkin
• What Viz. Is — Ken Bresler
• Lost in Translation — Richard Lederer
• The Canadian Oxford Dictionary: Obtuse Indeed — John Worsley Simpson
• Two Poems — Elana Wolff
• The Critical Reader: Critical Terms: Taxes — Do We Hate the Word or the Thing? — Mark Halpern
• Shibboleths: Four Meditations on Usage — Part 4 — John Kilgore
• Bethumped with Words: Our Naughty Bits and the Surprising Origin of Their Proper Medical Terms — Bill Casselman
• Harrison's Corner: Hurrah-Days by Carey Harrison
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December 2005, Vol. 7, No. 12
• Really Learning Your Word of the Day — Barbara Ann Kipfer
• Name That Christmas Carol — Richard Lederer
• Book Excerpt: In Search of a Better Thesaurus — Peter Meltzer
• Three Poems — Miriam Kotzin
• The Elder Statesman: Fairy Tales, Fables, and Christmas — Clark Elder Morrow
• The Last Word: Timeless Aphorisms — Chris Orlet
• Bethumped with Words: Hello! Ciao! Ave Atque Vale!: The Origin of Some Words of Greeting — Bill Casselman
• Postcards from Babel: Change and Decay: Confessions of a Descriptive Linguist by Amalia Gnanadesikan
• Harrison's Corner: Outré-Days by Carey Harrison
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