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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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'Nip it in the butt' or 'Nip it in the bud'?

 

We're gonna stop you right there

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

 

You all would not have guessed some of these

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Fun, Funner, Funnest

 

Why does it sound strange to say 'funner' or 'funnest?'

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How to Read a French Menu

 

How to 'amuse-bouche' without begging pardon for your French

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Further vs. Farther

 

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