Every article on Meaanings carries a named author who stands behind it. These are the people on the desk.
Marcus Webb
Role: Senior Grammar Editor
Expertise: Grammar, punctuation, sentence structure
Senior Grammar Editor. Expertise: Grammar, punctuation, sentence structure. Marcus taught English language and linguistics for a decade and now leads our grammar desk. His particular mission: every rule explained with a test you can run in ten seconds, never with jargon.
Priya Sharma
Role: Staff Writer, Etymology & Idioms
Expertise: Etymology, idioms, world Englishes
Staff Writer, Etymology & Idioms. Expertise: Etymology, idioms, world Englishes. Priya writes about where words come from and how they travel. She covers etymology, idioms and the American–British divide, and reads historical dictionaries for fun.
Eleanor Vance
Role: Editor-in-Chief
Expertise: Usage, style guides, editorial standards
Editor-in-Chief. Expertise: Usage, style guides, editorial standards. Eleanor spent fourteen years as a lexicographer and usage editor before founding Meaanings. She has contributed entries and usage notes to two major dictionaries and still keeps a battered 1972 Fowler’s Modern English Usage on her desk.
Daniel Okafor
Role: Contributing Writer, Professional Writing
Expertise: Business writing, email, plain English
Contributing Writer, Professional Writing. Expertise: Business writing, email, plain English. Daniel spent a decade in corporate communications, editing everything from board papers to apology letters. He writes our guides to workplace writing: clear, courteous and impossible to misread.