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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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'Everyday' vs. 'Every Day'

 

A simple trick to keep them separate

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

An old-fashioned rule we can no longer put up with.

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Affect vs. Effect

 

Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.

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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 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?

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What is a malaprop?

 

We'll tell you all the perpendiculars

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