The situation when you're so caught up in the effect you're trying to get that you don't notice what you're actually saying

Maybe you shouldn't refer to them as "locals."

Is it compare to or compare with or just call the whole thing off?

The obfuscation of the "police-involved shooting" construction

There are distinctions of usage worth keeping, and distinctions that are likely a waste of your time

Yes, I know they're unimportant, but they still irritate me

In "The Hidden History of Coined Words" Ralph Keyes explains who makes the words we use and how

"Graduate" is a shape-shifting verb