Barbara Wallraff 

I write the “May I Have a Word” column for The Boston Globe. Worked for The Atlantic for 25 years and was its language columnist. Wrote or coauthored five books about English. NPR commissioned me to copy edit the Constitution.
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The case of the missing 'qobar'
How states are like years
How to end a quotation
Round, square, or curly?
A minor medical mystery
Beware the 'not ... but' comma
Joy to the visions that the people see
Homing in on 'hometown'
Is this post verbal communication?