THE RAMBLER

I sometimes read trashy alternative news reports from dubious 'news' sites because they somehow enter my feed. Only such sites will ...

I first posted Mind the translation! in which I explained that SMRT's notice 'Berhati-hati di ruang platform' was incorrect and...

My last blog post attracted quite a bit of criticism from readers who felt I was not equipped to comment on Malay grammar and vocabulary. Th...

This evening as I was riding on the train, I noticed the usual warning 'Mind the gap' translated into Malay. Although I have no scho...

About a week after I posted this on my blog, a reader informed me that the OED had myriads of examples of 'I feel badly' with presum...

I was very much surprised when following my last blog post Grammar Ignoramuses Strike Again on Quora , Frank Dauenhauer whose laughably erro...

A lot of people I know are quick to admit they know nothing about Physics but hardly anyone will readily say they don't know English gra...

The first time I heard this word 'wrongly' used was some years ago when my son's friend told me he liked 'to gym'. Since...

It boggles the mind why anybody would bother to ask a question on grammar in Quora. Quora is one of those websites where anyone can give his...

I made a prediction 7 years ago in a blog post that our innate hypocrisy would ensure that words which didn't mean what we really intend...

One has to move with the times. In this TikTok era, people don't read long sentences. They have short attention spans and if they do rea...

In most instances, the humble comma has a good reason to remain humble. It has a role to play but as any linguist will tell you, there used ...

Lee Kuan Yew once said, 'Poetry is a luxury we cannot afford'. He was not alone. There were a few other people who made disparaging ...

In October 2017, I posted in this blog an article criticising Merriam-Webster's article on a point of grammar and usage. Not long after ...

Have you ever wondered why Bukit Timah Expressway is abbreviated to BKE and not BTE? The Land Transport Authority gives the following explan...

'Death' and other words relating to death and dying are generally considered inauspicious and are not acceptable in speech or writin...

Recently, I received an email from a blog reader who made quite a ridiculous remark. He asked me why I had written no posts on Ho Ching'...

Nothing amuses me more than to be chased by a Mother Goose with a rolling pin. And that's precisely what happened to me this morning whe...

In my last blog post, Pronouns Aren't Conjunctions , I wrote about the ludicrous errors made by Veronica Curlette, a Canadian English la...

If you have been following my blog, you will probably remember blog posts I have written of the common confusion between a conjunct and a co...