I didn’t wear glasses until I was 19. As an up-and-coming visionary word nerd, I had never thought I needed corrective lenses. Of course, I always fancied monocles, although I didn’t know how to keep ...

The misplaced (or dangling) modifier is one of the sneakiest grammar errors — once it slips into your writing, it may be difficult to catch and correct, especially when the modifiers are longer ...