The Elbert Files: Use and misuse of words

Late in life, I find I’ve become a language snob. People who know my history will find that hard to believe. I’m the guy who flunked freshman English and who once wrote that a piece of stolen jewelry was a “neckless.”

If it hadn’t been for spell-check, my career in newspapers would have ended long ago. I’m not the kind of language enforcer who gets upset when someone ends a sentence with a preposition, which almost everyone does nowadays. Learn more about this topic by reading on BusinessRecord.