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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 singular 'they' a better choice?

 

The awkward case of 'his or her'

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Fun, Funner, Funnest

 

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

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Further vs. Farther

 

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

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How a Word Gets into the Dictionary

 

What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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'One in the same' or 'One and the same'?

 

Is it all the same anyway?