Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Some grammar-checking programs will highlight something and warn you that you have a “squinting modifier.” Squeeze your eyes ...

Battling cancer is hard enough for a child. But having to also battle a sibling is simply too much. Such was the conclusion you might draw from reading a headline in a recent story in the Daily Herald ...

I didn’t wear glasses until I was 19. As an up-and-coming visionary word nerd, I had never thought I needed corrective lenses. Of course, I always fancied monocles, although I didn’t know how to keep ...

Location is key with modifiers — those words or phrases that describe something in your sentence. Put them in the wrong spot and the sentence is unclear or, worse, inaccurate. Here are some common ...