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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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English was never the same after the Norman Conquest

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Its vs. It's

 

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

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

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Why Do People Pronounce It "Nucular"?

 

A linguistic analysis of a notorious pronunciation

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The Serial Comma Explained

 

Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?

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Is 'alright' all right?