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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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Why is there a 'd' in 'fridge' but not in 'refrigerator'?

 

Thawing one of the mysteries of English

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Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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What is a malaprop?

 

We'll tell you all the perpendiculars

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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"

 

Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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Is singular 'they' a better choice?

 

The awkward case of 'his or her'

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Old-School Grammar

 

Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.

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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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Name That Dessert! Hope you’ve saved room for some sweet vocabulary.
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