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Drive Safe: In Praise of Flat Adverbs

You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.


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Drive Safe: In Praise of Flat Adverbs

 

You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.

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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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I vs. Me

 

'Between you and __'? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun.

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Why is there a 'd' in 'fridge' but not in 'refrigerator'?

 

Thawing one of the mysteries of English

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A Look at Uncommon Onomatopoeia

 

Some imitative words are more surprising than others

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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "The One-derful Won"

 

Comedian ISMO tries to figure out 'one' and 'two'