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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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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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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"

 

Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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When Body Parts Are Also Verbs

 

Head, shoulders, metaphors, and toes

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest