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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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I vs. Me

 

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

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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"

 

Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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The Schwa

 

The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.