Word Court

The “witty and accessible” bestseller by the Atlantic Monthly editor who rules on linguistic disputes ( San Francisco Chronicle ). Atlantic Monthly senior editor Barbara Wallraff first began answering grammar questions on AOL in the 1990s, and the site’s success soon morphed into a regular magazine feature. In Word Court , Wallraff moves beyond her column to preside over common and uncommon cases, establishing rules for such issues as turns of phrase, slang, name usage, punctuation, and newly co