Can ships and street signs ever mix? Source: iStock; Matthew Barra/Pexels English composition instructors tend to have strong opinions about how the language should be written. You may have been ...

It's one of the basic rules of good writing: Don't mix your metaphors. As reported by the New Republic's Jonathan Chait, Eric Alterman of the Daily Beast provides an illustration of why the rule is so ...

DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: I was listening to a local radio talk show host who described an unexpected event as a “curve ball from left field.” I believe that is called a mixed metaphor. It made me start ...