Find the right adjective instead. Do you use the word “very” when speaking or writing? Your message will be much more compelling, and likely more meaningful, if you reduce or eliminate that one word.

Good writing is considerate of its audience. You want to think about your reader and consider the best way to get your message across to them. Even in the digital age, the right word elevates your ...

"In the same way that emotions were once judged too vague for scientific study, but now have thriving fields, we hope that the study of spiritual experience follows suit" -(David Yaden & Andrew ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O’Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Dysphemism is a useful word.

Ginsburg was a precise editor, says UC Berkeley law professor Amanda Tyler. Although Tyler worked for Ginsburg in 1999, the two kept in touch, and just weeks ago Tyler was still exchanging emails with ...