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Parent Left Behind Oct. 02, 2024
Dear Annie: I'm sitting here contemplating my life. I'm 65, ill and live alone with my little dog. F... Read More
Get Thee to a 'Nonword'-ery! Oct. 02, 2024
They lurk like menacing demons on the fringes of our linguistic campfire. Watching and scowling from... Read More
Posting Without Permission Oct. 01, 2024
Dear Annie: I really don't like having my picture taken because I don't feel photogenic. I've asked ... Read More
When a Sister Cuts Ties Sep. 30, 2024
Dear Annie: I'm struggling with a painful situation involving my sister. About a year ago, she abrup... Read More
Finding the Right Words Sep. 29, 2024
Dear Annie: I proudly served in the military for nearly 40 years, and during that time, I experience... Read More
Wealthy Cousin Wants to Bury Grudges Sep. 28, 2024
Dear Annie: I am writing to you basically needing advice on a matter of snobbery and arrogance. This... Read More
Wife Weighs Divorce or Saving Broken Marriage Sep. 27, 2024
Dear Annie: I have been with my husband since high school, so we've been together for 14 years and m... Read More
Supporting a Family Member Struggling With Addiction Sep. 26, 2024
Dear Annie: I enjoy your column, and I appreciate your perspective. I have a family member whom I ha... Read More
When to Speak Up Versus Walk Away Sep. 25, 2024
Dear Annie: I have a sister-in-law who can't seem to attend any family gathering without cornering s... Read More
Readers Offer Advice, Adverbs, Aviation Argot Sep. 25, 2024
Today, some feedback on recent columns... In a July offering on early American speech, I blithely wr... Read More
The 'Other' Grandmother Sep. 24, 2024
Dear Annie: I am the mother of two wonderful sons, both married to equally wonderful women. While I ... Read More
The Bra Dilemma: Balancing Personal Comfort With Social Expectations Sep. 23, 2024
Dear Annie: It's been seven years now that I've engaged in this personal yet somewhat controversial ... Read More
Escaping Overbearing In-Laws Sep. 22, 2024
Dear Annie: I married a man who was an only child, and throughout our marriage, his parents never le... Read More
When Cutting Ties With a Parent Is the Only Way to Heal Sep. 19, 2024
Dear Annie: This is not a letter to play the victim, so please hear me out. My mother has caused me ... Read More
'Floundering' and 'Foundering' in the Sea of English Sep. 18, 2024
Q: What's the deal with people using "flounder" when they really mean "founder"? Has it become such ... Read More
Facile Fossils Reveal Long-Lost Meanings Sep. 11, 2024
Today, renowned paleontologist U. Stew Mean enters his laboratory to examine linguistic fossils R... Read More
What's Your Take on 'Bring' and 'Take'? Sep. 04, 2024
Several readers have asked me to clarify the proper use of "bring" and "take." Newcomers to New Engl... Read More
English Has Its 'Piques' and Valleys Aug. 28, 2024
Loyal members of the Word Guy Blooper Patrol have been scurrying around all summer to find errors in... Read More
An 'Eth'ical Approach to Old-Time Words Aug. 21, 2024
"The snowstorm cometh." "Thou goest into the night." Modern writers and speakers occasionally dust o... Read More
Southern Accent? 'Drawl' Your Own Conclusions Aug. 14, 2024
Did the 18th-century Virginians George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry speak with wha... Read More
