An Editor's Cup of Tea

Words Changing Over Time         Words are ever-changing things. Their meanings rarely stay the same forever. Sometimes, this change is gradual and slow, but occasionally, words change meanings in the span of a few decades. In fact, some words have changed meaning over the short course of my lifetime. In this post, I […]

Throughout this semester, I have been reading Emily Favilla’s book “A World Without ‘Whom,’” and I have found her advice to be somewhat inconsistent with my beliefs.  In chapter 5 of this book, Favilla describes some of the Buzzfeed-specific rules that appear in their style guide. These rules are “the stuff that kind-sorta matters” (29). […]

I’m sure we’ve all had those moments where we write a word and then stare at the screen, scratching our heads and wondering, Should this word take an apostrophe? Well, maybe you haven’t, but I certainly have. In fact, it’s hard not to panic. Created via the imgflip meme generator The Basics: Apostrophe S         Possessive apostrophes […]