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Commonly Confused

Healthy vs. Healthful

Why both words are equally good for you.

Why both words are equally good for you.

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Healthy vs. Healthful

 

Why both words are equally good for you.

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A word that (literally) drives people nuts

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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 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

 

'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.

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How to Remember the Spelling of 'Definitely'

 

A definitive answer.

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There, They're, Their

 

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

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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