Last week, we identified ‘in the bus’, ‘enter into a place’ and ‘discuss about’ as some of the prepositional/tautological errors we should avoid. When ...

Doctors don’t just examine bodies—they also decode language. And some words and phrases make them lean in, ask more questions, and rethink what might be going on. A clear, detailed conversation with a ...

Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say “ 6-7 ” is “cooked” and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year. Subscribe to read ...

A smiley face balloon next to a speech bubble of the phrase “No worries!” | Balloon photo: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images You’ve probably heard or said “no worries” before, but did you ...

May we borrow a moment of your time to review basic niceties? You might think you’ve heard them all before—because you have—but certain polite lingo is dropping out of the modern lexicon. That’s bad ...

"Let me spell it out for you..." Source: Image by Maxpixel, CC0. When you sense that someone is about to manipulate you, violate your boundaries, or confront you with a "Big Ask," there’s nothing like ...

From the window to the wall, you could build a bookcase to house all the misinterpreted words and phrases of the English language. One of them is “balls to the wall,” which sounds like a line from a ...

Tim and Moby are getting up there. But according to Brainpop Chief Product Officer Jay Chakrapani, they aren’t slowing down. I had the chance to discuss the latest and greatest with one of edtech’s OG ...