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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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'All over sudden' vs. 'All of a sudden'

 

Figuring it out at once

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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "Junk in the Trunk"

 

Comedian ISMO on what separates a boot from a trunk

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Video: Why is there a 'c' in 'indict'?

 

And who put it there, anyway?

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There, They're, Their

 

There, there. We'll sort it out.

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The Schwa

 

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

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

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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