Joel is mistaken when he says that as of means "up to and including a point of time," although it is often used to mean so. As of designates the point in time from which something occurs. So as …

I'm surprised that you found dictionaries listing "publically" as anything other than a mis-spelling of "publicly". If this alternative spelling does become commonplace, there's still no difference in …

I see such sentences all the time and I'd like to learn more about their grammatical structure (e.g. how they are described in grammatical terms), their meaning and how to use them in different …

Breaking this down: and/or is as official as English gets in the sense that you can use it in extremely formal contexts. There is typically a better way to say whatever is being said but it …

2016年6月4日 · Standard or not, I do wonder why so many people keep asking for an authority to decide things for them (and what the question "Is it a word?" is even supposed to mean). If a …

Edit: "Referrer" and "Referral" refers to different things. "Referrer" is something or somebody who refers. "Referral" is the act of referring. A referral occurs when a referrer refers something. …

If there are an odd number of competitors at any stage of a single-elimination tournament, one player is excused from play and continues on as if he had defeated his (nonexistent) …

@ShreevatsaR What proof do you have to offer of your hypothesis that this bit of general English has of late been reduced to a mere Americanism? I’m pretty sure that the OED’s statement …

2011年8月11日 · Explanation of the correct use of "circa" in English language.

What are the differences between I am on it and I am at it? What does the latter mean? I found the definition of the former on Urban Dictionary and understand that it means I'm going to …