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Pictures in the Dictionary

The story of those iconic illustrations.

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

 

You all would not have guessed some of these

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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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Its vs. It's

 

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

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Is singular 'they' a better choice?

 

The awkward case of 'his or her'

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When Body Parts Are Also Verbs

 

Head, shoulders, metaphors, and toes

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'All over sudden' vs. 'All of a sudden'

 

Figuring it out at once

Games & Quizzes

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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People of Interest Quiz Can you tell the "sommeliers" from the "spelunkers"?
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