Recently, I mentioned in a column that adverbs aren't just those "ly" words that modify verbs. They're a much larger group, including words that answer the questions "when," "where" and "in what ...

OVER the weekend, a friend told me he had a bone to pick about my "osculation" post. Not about the content, mind. But he didn't like that I said "I have to say it plain." Should I have said it plainly ...