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For Guy, using systems like Kibbe’s to guide your dress choices can mean making nonsense out of your clothes’ cultural grammar, especially in the rigidly codified world of menswear.
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Constance Grady, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
Bad spelling and grammar ensured that most users deleted the message, leaving only the most gullible users in the pipeline.
—Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Scores of news organizations use the AP Stylebook for guidance on spelling, grammar and how to refer to certain people and places, to help ensure such references are widely understood in the U.S. and globally.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Because Japanese grammar includes numerous indicators of the relationship between the addresser and the addressee, omniscient narration posed a particular problem for translators.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Constance Grady, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
Bad spelling and grammar ensured that most users deleted the message, leaving only the most gullible users in the pipeline.
—Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Scores of news organizations use the AP Stylebook for guidance on spelling, grammar and how to refer to certain people and places, to help ensure such references are widely understood in the U.S. and globally.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Because Japanese grammar includes numerous indicators of the relationship between the addresser and the addressee, omniscient narration posed a particular problem for translators.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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For extra endurance, cover your pieces when not in use to protect them from the elements.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Designed to be a lush, year-round oasis, this innovative space combines design elements inspired by Portland’s urban charm and tropical island retreats, bringing a slice of paradise to the city during the (in)famous Pacific Northwest rainy season.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Grammar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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