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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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Why is there a 'd' in 'fridge' but not in 'refrigerator'?

 

Thawing one of the mysteries of English

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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The True Story of the Backward Index

 

These people needed a computer

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i.e. vs. e.g.

 

Often used, often confused. Here's some guidance and insight.

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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest