Possessives come up a lot in this column. That’s no surprise. They’re some of the most perplexing issues in English, as we saw in our recent column on Jess’s vs. Jess’ (P.S. both are acceptable). But ...

In the animal kingdom, more than one moose are still moose, while a mongoose and his friends are mongooses, yet a goose and her flock are geese. Go figure. An error ...

Have you ever corrected someone mid-conversation because what he said just didn't sound right? What I'm talking about is words that sound like plurals and possessives but shouldn't be and vice versa.

A natural follow-up to my last column about words that live in the plural seemed to be one about words that don't get the regular "s" at the end. Certain words shun the final "s" to become plural.

Everyone knows that the holidays are a great time to show your good will to man. But they’re also a great time to show your backside. From spiked eggnog to shameless re-gifting to caroling “the Lord ...

Q: I drive a school bus, and this morning one of my seventh graders said to me, “Monte, did you see those deers on the side of the road?” I explained to him that certain words, like “deer,” are both ...