Kris AshtonJul 20, 20182 minThe clockwork of a word nerdI’ve previously confessed that as a teenager I used to read the dictionary for pleasure; that learning new words gave me a sense of...
Kris AshtonFeb 25, 20153 minIn defense of the thesaurus, or, the difference between active and passive vocabularyI am going to disagree with Stephen King. Again. A link to an interesting article popped up in my Facebook feed this week. Penned by...
Kris AshtonFeb 20, 20153 minWhy grammar is NOT a bummerI number among those generations who ‘benefited’ from the happy-clappy notion that learning grammar was old hat and writing should be all...
Kris AshtonMay 23, 20142 minA few words from M.C. GrammarThe more I learn about the English language, the more irritating it becomes. Not because there’s anything wrong with English itself, but...