There’s a difference between me and I. In casual conversation, most people I know don’t worry too much about sounding proper. They don’t bother with “whom.” They say, “There’s a lot of people here” ...

Did you know that since 1985 errant golf balls have killed eight people? “Sometimes death was sudden; sometimes it came after several days.” Most deaths come from strikes on the head, usually the ...

A recent headline from the Los Angeles Times, “Teens plotting attacks tend to tip their hand,” highlights a particularly difficult grammar problem. Do plural teens really share a singular hand? No.

Like the subject, the object is usually a noun (‘the piano’) or a noun phrase, (‘the big, black grand piano’). Verbs that take objects describe some kind of action rather than a state of being.

Subject, object, thing -- Everyday objects, useful objects -- Found objects, lost objects, non-objects -- Discursive objects, affective objects -- Event, object, performance Subject, Object, Thing -- ...

Astrology has been a guiding force in human civilization for centuries, offering insights into personal, social, and cosmic ...

When Luke Skywalker first encounters Yoda, it’s on a swampy planet in The Empire Strikes Back. At first, Luke doesn’t realize the long-eared, wrinkly green creature is, in fact, the one he’s seeking. ...

The Berlin-based artist Katharina Grosse does not take the conventional approach to painting. If you’re imagining someone standing, pensively, in front of a blank canvas with a paintbrush and palette ...

Before even opening The Object, Whitechapel Gallery and the MIT Press’s latest installment in the Documents of Contemporary Art series, the book’s title stares back, interpolates itself, asking ...

Nina Katchadourian pairs her artwork and family heirlooms with some treasures from the collection founded by John Pierpont Morgan. The collaboration works. By Dawn Chan In Nina Katchadourian’s current ...