January 2008, Vol. 10, No. 1 •  Sound and Sense by Richard Lederer •  So by Julian Burnside •  Sound Off: In Praise of the Fountain Pen by Ralph Abercrombie •  Book Excerpt: Some Things English Can't Do — And Shouldn't by Richard Goodman •  Begin Your Sentences with because (since, while) by Donna Gorrell •  TVR Revisited: Get Vivad! by Valerie Collins •  Fiction: Ninth Inning by William J. Martin •  Two Poems by John Thomas Clark •  The Elder Statesman: Snake-Oiling the Critics by Clark Elder Morrow •  The Critical Reader: The Trojan Laptop by Mark Halpern •  Bethumped with Words: Champagne: Origin of the Name by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Breaking the Codes by Carey Harrison •  The Common Reader: Captain Shiner, Sheryl Cacciatore, the Phantom Shopper, and the Thief of Dreams by Kevin Mims •  Vogue Words and Buzz Phrases: My Bad by David Isaacson •  Letter of the Law: Meet John Doe by Adam Freedman •  Wor(l)ds: Names, Nemeses, Nameses by Verónica Albin •  Language Module 6: Black and White, Left and Right by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Elegant English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  Letters to the Editor February 2008, Vol. 10, No. 2 •  Winning, Losing, and Playing the Game by Skip Eisiminger •  The Subsong of Birds by Ellen Graf •  The Rehabilitation of Oftentimes by Kerr Houston •  Confessions of a Verbivore by Richard Lederer •  TVR Revisited: Grammar Matters by Marylaine Block •  Fiction: Testing by Bruce Bromley •  Eight Poems by Mark Zimmermann •  The Critical Reader: The Root of Political Correctness by Mark Halpern •  Shibboleths: Yuma Blues by John Kilgore •  Bethumped with Words: The Cryosphere Is Not the World of Soap Operas by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: "SV" Disease — Is There a Cure? by Carey Harrison •  The Common Reader: Kokopelli: A Tale of the Writing Life by Kevin Mims •  Vogue Words and Buzz Phrases: Elitist by David Isaacson •  Letter of the Law: Food, Felonies, and Fun by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 7: Tautologically Redundant Pleonasms by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Elegant English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  Letters to the Editor March 2008, Vol. 10, No. 3 •  The Folk Art of Error by Edwin Battistella •  Academic Diction: An Avoidable Poverty by Will Hamlin •  Cut the Verbal Fat by Richard Lederer •  On Traits and Truth by Donna Gorrell •  TVR Revisited: Words, Words, Words by Susan Elkin •  A Poem by Matthew Byrne •  A Poem by Tamora Whitney •  The Elder Statesman: WFB RIP by Clark Elder Morrow •  The Last Word: Mother Tongue by Christopher Orlet •  Shibboleths: Shooting Stars by John Kilgore •  Bethumped with Words: The Latin Word for Rope: Funis by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Enter the Universal Buttock by Carey Harrison •  The Common Reader: Kokopelli: A Tale of the Writing Life by Kevin Mims •  Vogue Words and Buzz Phrases: Sharing by David Isaacson •  Letter of the Law: Poetic Justice by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 8: Zig-Zagging Zeugmas by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Elegant English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  Letters to the Editor •  Letters from the Editor