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The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 11/16

Words from the week of 11/16/2018

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

And is one way more correct than the others?

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Difficult Vocab Quiz

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Appelbaum: 'Gaslighting' Not a Word

It is a word, though.

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You Talk Too Much: 8 Words for the Wordy

You can't shut them up, but you can label them

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The Serial Comma

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2016 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes

How we chose 'surreal'

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Alright vs. All Right

Is 'alright' all right?

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Is None Singular or Plural?

Or both? Or neither?

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