Scott Simon talks with Ellen Jovin, author of "Rebel With A Clause," about the many grammar questions she's fielded from the public and whether it's ever OK to correct someone's grammar. Grammar is ...
Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most books and movies, the language of everyday interaction tends to be messy and incomplete, full of false starts, interruptions, and people talking ...
The new documentary "Rebel with a Clause" opens Thursday at Digital Gym Cinema. The film follows Ellen Jovin as she takes her pop-up grammar table on a road trip across 50 states, navigating dangling ...
Ellen Jovin is not the grammar police. She's more like a grammar guru, a gentle, nonjudgmental guide who knows English isn't etched into a linguistic stone, rigid and unchangeable. Instead, she knows ...
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - This month’s Chapter Chat book, ‘Confessions of a Grammar Queen’ by Eliza Knight, is set in the 1960s. The main character, a young copy editor, is looking to make ...