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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 It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

 

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

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Is singular 'they' a better choice?

 

The awkward case of 'his or her'

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

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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Affect vs. Effect

 

Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.