There are yardsticks (unwritten) that a majority of people expect anybody with the prefix ‘Dr’, ‘Eng’ or ‘Prof’ before his or her name to meet. Such people are presumed to be highly intelligent.

Prefixes are a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the start. Most prefixes mean a similar thing when they're added to different words. Prefixes are a group of ...

Constant reader Stan Zegel wants to know whether there are what he characterized as "stuttering verbs" in the language other than "pre-prepared." Putting it more genteelly, are there verbs for which ...

I’m doing the best I can over here. I’m proud to say my wife and I have been married for 16 years, but I still have plenty to learn (understatement of the century). When it comes to addressing a woman ...