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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

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'Mispronunciations' That May Be Fine

 

'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.

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Drive Safe: In Praise of Flat Adverbs

 

You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.

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Hopefully

 

We believe the popular usage of this word is correct

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Is It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

 

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