How do you alphabetize a list containing items starting with numbers?I remember learning back in the day that you do it as if you were writing the number out.So "5th" goes under F, as if …

Dear Sars,
I stumbled into a problem and I'm way out of my depth.I'm hoping you or your readers will have some advice for me.
My husband comes from a family with a history of cancer.He lost …

Dear Sars,
"Publicly" or "publically"? My instinct says the latter is preferable, but I see the former (which I HATE) more and more in print and online media. Online dictionaries claim they're synonymous. Am I being …

Hi Sars,
I know that I am not the only one out there grappling with the awkwardness of losing colleagues to layoffs and "workforce reductions" right now but I haven't been able to find a good …

About fifteen years ago, my parents split up. They did not divorce and I've never really asked why. About a decade ago my dad moved in with a woman I think of as my stepmother.
My …

Hi Sars –
I have wonderful, sweet, loving kitty cats, and I'm about to throw them out the window.
They both have good manners when it comes to using their litterbox.Everything goes in the correct place, and …

Hi Sarah,
I do PR for a living (and with that comes a lot of writing and editing) and recently came across a dilemma.
When you are saying that someone "authored an article" (as opposed to "wrote …

Hi Sars,
This is somewhere between a language and a societal question, so I figure you're the perfect person to answer it.
What's up with straight women referring to their female friends as "girlfriend"?This is hardly a …

Hi Sars,
I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but I don't have the sources to back me up: I'm doing a couple of different volunteer things that require me to receive and sometimes …

I hope Agent Weiss is reading today — it's her birthday. Have a good one, lady (don't deface any forts with nail polish unless you call me first).
*****

Hi, Sars,
This past summer, I got laid off …