Contemporary Usage News Today

This book looks at nearly 100 Untranslatable Russian words and offers paths to their understanding and translation by way of examples from literature and everyday life.

Some "careful users of the language" dislike the use of "headquarters" as a verb, even though it's easily understood, writes grammar expert June Casagrande.

nor usually follows a neither when theyre used in the same sentence (1). For example, you might say, “I like neither hot dogs nor mustard.” You may also use nor if you’re talking about more than two items, but you must repeat nor after each element (2). So if you want to add ketchup to your list of dislikes, you have to say, “I like neither hot dogs nor mustard nor ketchup.” It would be incorrect to use an or anywhere in that sentence—or to leave out either case of nor. Neither...