Having the right word for what is happening in a relationship is the first step toward...

Language has always looked for softer ways to say hard things. Passed away sits more gently in a...

Not all negative words hit with the same force. Bad is negative; abhorrent is a verdict. Sad is...

Tone is the writer’s attitude made audible on the page. A bitter narrator and a mournful one...

Anxiety is the mind living in the future, rehearsing problems that have not arrived yet. Unlike...