Grammar

How does suburban Maryland's job growth compare to that of Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia? "Lagging far behind," according to a Washington Post columnist who looked at the data.

Renowned grammar guru Mignon Fogarty is back to share tips from her latest book, "Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master In No Time." Fogarty guides us through words with double meanings and hard-to-remember spellings, words and phrases that have tripped up even native speakers and convinced many that English is one of the world's most difficult languages. Originally aired 07/09/12.

Renowned grammar guru Mignon Fogarty is back to share tips from her latest book, "Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master In No Time." Fogarty guides us through words with double meanings and hard-to-remember spellings, words and phrases that have tripped up even native speakers and convinced many that English is one of the world's most difficult languages.

One of our favorite blogs here at Maryland Morning is You Don’t Say, which contains the musings and grammatical instruction of veteran copy editor John McIntyre.

Yesterday was the deadline for initial recommendations from a special state Senate committee on ethics reform. We’ll talk to the chair of that committee, Democratic State Senator Jamie Raskin, about potential changes in how Maryland’s legislators police themselves.

Not sure how to celebrate National Grammar Day? Let John McIntyre of the Baltimore Sun show you the way.

Post-Oscars punditry from Jed Dietz and Mike Sragow.

Are budget cuts affecting the ability of firefighters in Baltimore to respond to fires quickly? We discuss the issue with Baltimore’s Fire Chief, James Clack.

Veteran copy editor and Baltimore Sun night content production manager John McIntyre on everything from the history of the semicolon to the pleasures of bourbon.

As his daughter leaves to volunteer in Alaska and the young West Baltimore man he mentored deploys to Afghanistan, Tom Hall brings us this essay about young people’s choices in Baltimore.

The difference that a bacteria can make in the fight against malaria, matters grammatical and sartorial with copy editor and Baltimore Sun veteran John McIntyre and Maryland Morning Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews a production of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, which is currently playing at Baltimore’s Everyman Theater.

Economist correspondent and language expert Robert Lane Green, says our reactions to other people's accents, grammar and speech patterns often reflect our own national identity, politics and social prejudices. He makes this case in his new book "You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws and the Politics of Identity."