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Words of the Year

2019 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes

Editor Peter Sokolowski discusses 'they' and the rest of our Word of the Year 2019 selections



How did we choose they as our Word of the Year? Peter Sokolowski explains the data behind our decisions, and how this and the other Words of the Year reflect what was on people's minds this year.

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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Is It 'Day today' or 'Day-to-day'?

 

What about Day Tomorrow?

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There, They're, Their

 

There, there. We'll sort it out.

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'One in the same' or 'One and the same'?

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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The Serial Comma Explained

 

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