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Drive Safe: In Praise of Flat Adverbs

You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.


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Drive Safe: In Praise of Flat Adverbs

 

You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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Alright vs. All Right

 

Is 'alright' all right?

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And who put it there, anyway?

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Hopefully

 

We believe the popular usage of this word is correct

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I vs. Me

 

'Between you and __'? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun.

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Is 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?