The Grammar Diva Blog - Bites of Grammar and Such

Drag, Drug, and Such….

This past week, I twice heard drug used as the past tense of drag by those who should know better…

The word mondegreen, meaning a mishearing of a popular phrase or song lyric, was coined by the writer Sylvia Wright.

Nah! Spoonerisms have nothing to do with knorks and fives — or forks and knives.

As usual, I have been soaking up the books — because don’t they provide the answer to everything?

A malapropism is the incorrect use of a word in place of a word with a similar sound, either unintentionally or for comedic effect.

When I went to junior high and high school, back in the Dark Ages (practically), we read the worst (in my opinion) books.

… and a little bit of that.

Here are some of the novels I have read in the past couple of months.