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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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Is 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?

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Video: Why is there a 'c' in 'indict'?

 

And who put it there, anyway?

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When Body Parts Are Also Verbs

 

Head, shoulders, metaphors, and toes

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Further vs. Farther

 

They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.

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Is It 'Hanger' or 'Hangar'?

 

How to remember which is which

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

We're intent on clearing it up

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