Do you know the difference between a flat white and a cappuccino? What about a gully and a ravine, or a parable and a fable? Can you tell an emoji from an emoticon? Are you confident about identifying ...

This is the Grammar Guy column, a new weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. I’ve been getting into native perennial gardening this year. Of all the plants I’m growing, I love milkweed the most.

“Rebel With a Clause” celebrates the improbable cross-country journey of a woman who gently imparts grammar rules to strangers. Ellen Jovin, wearing a “Grammar Is Groovy” T-shirt, is the star of ...