The Word Guy
The Word Guy
Teacher, writer, editor and language columnist Rob Kyff is an expert with words. Through his weekly columns in several publications, a multitude of published books, as well as in his classrooms, he shares his language and grammar tips and provides fun facts about the evolution of the English language.
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We're Haunted by Linguistic Fossils Oct 29, 2025
When I was 8 years old, my parents told me that they'd purchased tickets in the orchestra for a Broa... Read More
Keeping an 'Eye' on Tempestuous Terms Oct 22, 2025
Quick quiz! A "hurricane" is so called because... a. It "hurries" the sugar cane in the West Indies ... Read More
When the Past Tense Makes Us Tense Oct 15, 2025
Today, let's weed our grammatical garden. Betty Lundy of West Point, Mississippi, wonders how to say... Read More
Query on 'Hunky Dory' Gets Me in Dutch Oct 09, 2025
A few years ago, I was answering listeners' questions on a radio call-in show. Everything was hunky-... Read More
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