I’m often astounded by the way people use “awhile” and “a while.” And, no, I’m not shocked by how badly they choose between these terms, but by how well. To understand when “a while” is preferable to ...

In a recent installment of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” master of the subversive parody Stephen Colbert puts on his grammar-snob cap to mock the new Keanu Reeves movie, “The Scanner Darkly.” ...

Count the adverbs in the following sentence. Therefore, we should wait outside awhile because the very lovely and kindly family will be there soon to tell us fast whether everyone is well. Would it ...