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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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Hopefully

 

We believe the popular usage of this word is correct

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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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Fun, Funner, Funnest

 

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

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Literally

 

A word that (literally) drives people nuts

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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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The Serial Comma Explained

 

Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?

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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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