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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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An Abbreviated History of American English Spelling

 

Soop, wimmen, and headake did not make the cut

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest

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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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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

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

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Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary