Why are misplaced modifiers such a common grammatical error? Plus, what's the difference between a misplaced modifier and a dangling modifier? “A popular destination for cruise ships, tourists flock ...

LITTLE ROCK — Possessive obsessives, the office wag calls those intractable folks who insist that Arkansas must take the apostrophe-s as opposed to a lonely apostrophe when used in the genitive case.

These are a few of the many tiny wrinkles of modern life that make me want to, well, write a column. Or punch someone. Frankly, I’d rather drive for 100 miles on a two-lane road behind a geezer doing ...