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Words at Play

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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What is a malaprop?

 

We'll tell you all the perpendiculars

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Fun, Funner, Funnest

 

Why does it sound strange to say 'funner' or 'funnest?'

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Hopefully

 

We believe the popular usage of this word is correct

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

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

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

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Further vs. Farther

 

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