A subscriber to my business writing newsletter asked me to clarify the difference between the use of “who” and “whom.” A simple rule that I learned in grammar school is to compare the pronouns who or whom, to he or him. If “he” fits in the sentence, use who; if “him” fits, use whom. To [...]

The misuse of similar sounding words with totally different meanings has often been referred to as a “Bunkerism,” from the old “All In The Family” sitcom character, Archie Bunker. You may remember Archie. He was a common man with delusions of grandeur, who tossed around ten-dollar words like he knew what they meant while everyone [...]