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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.


The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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The Schwa

 

The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.

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What is a malaprop?

 

We'll tell you all the perpendiculars

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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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'Nip it in the butt' or 'Nip it in the bud'?

 

We're gonna stop you right there

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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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The Serial Comma Explained

 

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