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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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Hot Mess

 

Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings

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An Abbreviated History of American English Spelling

 

Soop, wimmen, and headake did not make the cut

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'Everyday' vs. 'Every Day'

 

A simple trick to keep them separate

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A Look at Uncommon Onomatopoeia

 

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?