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Usage Notes

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

 

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

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How a Word Gets into the Dictionary

 

What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.

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

 

What about Day Tomorrow?

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i.e. vs. e.g.

 

Often used, often confused. Here's some guidance and insight.

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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What is a malaprop?

 

We'll tell you all the perpendiculars