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How to Read a French Menu

Enjoy some vichyssoise or an amuse-bouche without begging pardon for your French.

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How to Read a French Menu

 

How to 'amuse-bouche' without begging pardon for your French

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

 

And who put it there, anyway?

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

 

Figuring it out at once

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Alright vs. All Right

 

Is 'alright' all right?

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The Schwa

 

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

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

An old-fashioned rule we can no longer put up with.

Games & Quizzes

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Quiz: Spot the Anagram! Scramble these words to find new words with the e...
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