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Commonly Confused

Further vs. Farther

They started as the same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.


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Further vs. Farther

 

They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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The History of 'Cynic'

 

How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.

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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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'Nip it in the butt' or 'Nip it in the bud'?

 

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