Anyone who knows, or intuitively understands, that two words describing a noun are hyphenated ends up writing some compounds ...

Apostrophes are the curly floating commas in sentences that usually indicate possession or a contraction. There are a few set phrases and holidays, however, that also use apostrophes. In fact, ...

What’s that finely milled sugar used in baking called? At The Washington Post, it’s “confectioners’ sugar.” At least one reader thinks it should be “confectioner’s sugar.” Some manufacturers don’t ...

One hundred and eighteen miles north of London, in the town of Boston, England, there lives a retired newspaperman named John Richards who is experiencing an unusually rotten spring. Richards is the ...