NPR

Can You Use That In A Sentence? Dictionary Adds New Words

awesomesauce, adj.: (US informal) extremely good; excellent weak sauce, n.: (US informal) something that is of a poor or disappointing standard or quality Mkay, randos, I'll skip the bants and keep ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: ‘Because’ and the reason it could wreck a sentence

The reason I’m writing this is because it may be helpful. See anything wrong with that sentence? Some will. The issue here: “the reason is because.” Many people say that “because” should be “that”: ...
Medical Xpress

Syntax on the brain: Researchers map how we build sentences, word by word

In a recent study published in Communications Psychology, researchers from NYU led by Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at NYU Tandon and Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Adeen ...
ZDNet

Microsoft 365: If your writing's clunky, Word Rewrite now suggests whole new sentences

Microsoft has rolled out a new AI-powered feature for Word on the web that suggests improvements to whole sentences. The updated Rewrite Suggestions in Word aims to help users rephrase clumsy ...
NPR

The 119 Words You Can't Say On The Radio

Tribune Company CEO Randy Michaels has banned 119 "newsspeak" words and phrases from ever crossing the lips of anchors and reporters at WGN-AM. There's a list here, but if you'd like them in a ...