We love hearing from you, I wrote in the last “Plain English.” And in the past two weeks, we have fielded a lot of questions (and a bunch of complaints.) So here’s the situation: Practically everything the team and I know about...
Read MoreNothing will stop a good story getting out. Or a determined source. It is not unknown for people to drop off envelopes at our office, pointing us at a story. Or drop off a brown box filled with copies of legal documents. (This...
Read MoreThank you to everybody who sent me Smoothie recipes after entries about the topic in “Plain English” of the last two Journals. And thank you to everybody who didn’t. The topic of smoothies is now closed. … I was sorry to...
Read MoreLife is grim these days and that’s no laughing matter. So, thank you to Disgruntled Down South, who contacted me to complain about the frivolous tone of Talking English in the Journal of March 30. Five minutes later, Disgruntled...
Read MoreWhen the internet first came along, the sheer ease and speed of communication delighted us all. You could write or reply and tap “Send” at any hour of the day. I took to the internet like a duck to water. … As time went...
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