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Pictures in the Dictionary

The story of those iconic illustrations.

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Is singular 'they' a better choice?

 

The awkward case of 'his or her'

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

We're intent on clearing it up

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Literally

 

A word that (literally) drives people nuts

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Further vs. Farther

 

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

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

 

Figuring it out at once

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

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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Weather Words Can you handle the (barometric) pressure?
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