By Bill Krol Making plurals of nouns in English is relatively easy (compared, for example, to German, in which nouns can be pluralized in several different ways). Generally, we add some variety of “-s” to a singular noun. For words ending in a consonant, we tack an “-s” onto the end of the word. John [...]
I was flipping through Architectural Digest while waiting in the hair salon. There were about 50 magazines in the reception area to choose from, as the other ladies waited it out with smartphones. I was reading about Candace Bergen and got a glimpse of her East Hampton home where she designs BergenBags. She paints people’s [...]
The Winter 2018 Newsletter is here! Download now! Happy New Year to all my PRPLI colleagues! I hope you and your families had a great holiday season and are staying warm during these winter blasts of cold weather! The start of a new year is a great time to reflect on the past and plan [...]
Although this column will be published in the new year, at the time of writing it’s still December. The song Auld Lang Syne keeps calling me, and I take that as a sign that it wants to appear somewhere, here, in my 500 allotted words. It’s a song about bidding farewell to the old year, [...]
By Krista Giannak Dan Rattiner got his start writing for a humor magazine in college. He describes an early learning experience as a stringer at Newark Evening News, dictating sports information via phone at the games. The lesson came in the form of a cautionary tale told by his editor, as Rattiner relays the story: [...]
By William Krol I usually write about grammar and language, but the change of the calendar year has always led me toward introspection. (And, frankly, not just for me, but almost every other person in America, judging by the sheer number of people making all kinds of resolutions.) For the past 11 (going on 12) [...]
The Fall 2017 Newsletter is here! Download now! Dear Friends, I am very proud and honored to assume the role of president of Public Relations Professionals of Long Island. I look forward to working with the new board to deliver the best programming and events for our membership. You’re the reason why we’re the premier [...]
By Cassandra Rowan You’ve developed a presence on social media, but now you need to manage that presence. Social media requires time, a plan, and effort to ensure that it is engaging and achieving its purpose. So the question is, should you go at it alone or should you build a team to help you [...]
By William Krol “Verbification” sounds like something hipsters do when they move into a rundown neighborhood, but it’s not. “Verbification” or “verbing a noun” is the process of taking an innocent noun that’s minding its own business quietly expressing itself as an “entity, quality, state, action, or concept” [1] and – bam! – turning it [...]
I am a product of the Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition books, which helped me with my major in college – English. George isn’t a fan of English majors or, heaven forbid, those with PhDs in English. Yet in our home, as you can imagine, we talk a lot about words. Sometimes we even argue [...]
