• 716 - What's Up With Words That Are Spelled the Same but Sound Different?
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• 715 - POV. Plus 'Tinderella,' 'phubbing,' and more words at the intersection of relationships and technology.
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• 714 - Eponyms: Cardigan, Dunce, Quisling, and More.
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• 713 - More Apostrophe Mayhem. Dyslexia Writing Tips
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• 712 - Apostrophe Catastrophe. What (or Who) Is a Cipher?
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• 711 - Misheard Song Lyrics and Eggcorns. The Ampersand.
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• 710 - Vacay. Why Some People Call Green Peppers 'Mangoes'
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• 709 - Surprise! The History of Semicolons Is Exciting.
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• 708 - Why Alcohol Is 'Hard.' 'Phenomena' or 'Phenomenon'?
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• 707 - How and Why the Internet Is Changing Language
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• 706 - Sometimes It's Not a Bad Idea to Dumb Down Your Language.
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• 705 - 'Blue Collar,' 'Bluestocking,' and 'the Blue Hair Brigade.' 'Oral' Versus 'Verbal.'
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• 704 - Present Tense When Writing About Fiction. The Poop Emoji and Eggcorns.
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• 703 - Why There Are 9 Different Ways to Pronounce the Letter T
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• 702 - ‘All of a Sudden’ or ‘All of the Sudden’? ‘Baited’ or ‘Bated’ Breath?
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• 701 - ‘Biweekly’ or ‘Semiweekly’? ‘Foward' and ‘Forward.’
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• 700 - When to Capitalize 'Google.' Why Zero is 'Love' in Tennis.
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• 699 - When to Capitalize Computer Terms. StetWalk
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• 698 - 'Subpoena.' When To Capitalize 'The' in Titles.
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• 697 - What Anyone Can Learn From the College Essay Process
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• 696 - Hyphens in Ages. The Emphatic 'This.'
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• 695 - 'Armageddon' or 'Apocalypse'? Numbers in Dialogue.
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• 694 - Country Names and “The”: The Ukraine or Ukraine. Theater Idioms.
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• 693 - What's Wrong with Saying Something Is 'Very Unique'?
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• 692 - Godzilla, Cryptids, and Dilemma Comments.
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• 691 - BONUS: Introducing Science Rules! with Bill Nye
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• 690 - The Spelling Bee Kids
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• 689 - More or most? Majority or plurality? The many (how many?) ways to describe amounts.
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• 688 - Dangling Participles
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• 687 - What It's Like to Be a Book Editor and Translator
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• 686 - The 'Dilemma' Dilemma. 'Big Bang Theory" Words and Language.
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• 685 - How to Find Work as a Freelance Writer. Adventure.
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• 684 - ‘Unquote’ or ‘End Quote’? Cinco de Mayo. Horse Idioms.
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• 683 - ‘So’ and ‘So That’: What Type of Conjunction Are They?
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• 682 - Do You Drop Your T's? 'Sneaked' and 'Snuck.'
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• 681 - 'The Dictionary of Difficult Words,' an Interview with Jane Solomon
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• 680 - Wakandan, Groot, and Other Languages of the Marvel Universe. Easter and Passover.
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• 679 - Brussels sprouts? Scotch eggs? Swedish meatballs? Which food names can you trust?
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• 678 - Moolah, Clams, and Scratch. God, Godsend, and Godfather.
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• 677 - BONUS: LeVar Burton Reads
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• 676 - The Language of 'Game of Thrones'
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• 675 - Why Verbs Like 'Witness' Are Weird
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• 674 - How You Can Benefit Year-Round from NaNoWriMo
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• 673 - Schwa-ify This! Scrabble Stories
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• 672 - How a Semicolon Brought Two Writers Together
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• 671 - Why We Have Both 'Color' and 'Colour'
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• 670 - Equinox. Is Irish the Same as Gaelic?
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• 669 - 'Red Tape,' 'Red Herring,' 'Paint the Town Red,' and More 'Red' Idioms.
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• 668 - What's Wrong with 'These Ones'? Faith and Begorrah, We Have Irish Phrases for St. Patrick's Day!
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• 667 - Why ducks say "quack-quack" in English but "ga-ga" in Japanese.
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• 666 - Double Negatives.
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• 665 - Language News Chat
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• 664 - Benjamin Dreyer and His Unusual Pet Peeves
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• 663 - D-Day. Why I Want a Salad-Salad.
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• 662 - Never Misspell 'Bureaucracy' Again.
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• 661 - How Paula Brackston picks her characters’ names and uses language to set a tone.
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• 660 - 'Irregardless' or 'Regardless'? Crime Words.
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• 659 - Normans, Ralls, and Voicemail
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• 658 - 'Wage,' 'Wager,' and 'Wed'
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• 657 - 'Tip of the Hat" or 'Tip Your Hand'? 'Yeah No.'
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• 656 - ‘Relapse’ or ‘Recur’? 'Kneeled' or 'Knelt.' ’Methinks.’
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• 655 - ‘Myriad’ or ‘Myriad Of’? What Is a Run-On Sentence?
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• 654 - 'Stint' or 'Stent'? How to Pronounce 'Coyote.'
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• 653 - How to Use an Asterisk. Journaling.
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• 652 - ‘Purposely' or 'Purposefully'? Yule.
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• 651 - 'Capitulate' or 'Recapitulate'? Colons.
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• 650 - 'Wreaked' or 'Wrought'? 'Crescendo.' Could We Understand Aliens?
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• 649 - 'Ado' or 'Adieu'? Pronouns and Antecedents
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• 648 - Does Your Language Influence How You Think?
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• 647 - Pronoun Order. ‘Flier’ or ‘Flyer.’ The Plural of ‘Mouse.’
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• 646 - 'Blond' or 'Blonde'? How 'Trolloping' Became a Word.
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• 645 - Interview with New York Times bestselling author Courtney Summers
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• 644 - 'Sit' or 'Set'? Monster Names.
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• 643 - ‘In the Limelight.’ ‘A’ or ‘An’?
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• 642 - 'Regard' Versus 'Regards.' Languages Without Numbers.
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• 641 - 'Myself.' ‘Get the Skinny.’
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• 640 - Can a Screw Screw Itself into a Board? (Middle Voice)
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• 639 - Great Paragraphs. Falling off the Turnip Truck.
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• 638 - 'None.' How Pirates Talked.
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• 637 - ‘MacGyver.’ ‘Semicolons.’
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• 636 - 'To Boot.' Duck Tape. 'Can' and 'May.' Pronouns.
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• 635 - 'Quick and Dirty.' 'Momentarily.' Short Subjects.
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• 634 - 'Rack' or 'Wrack'? How to Eliminate Adverbs.
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• BONUS: Words for Color
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• 633 - Is That Comment Facetious, Sarcastic, or Sardonic? Cleft Sentences.
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• 632 - 'Ask' as a Noun. Ships as 'She.'
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• 631 - Anniversaries. Conversate.
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• 630 - Who Wrote the ABC Song? Shark Idioms!
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• 629 - 'Gourmet' or 'Gourmand'? Why July 14 Is Called Bastille Day.
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• 628 - Why 'Bag' and 'Beg' Sound the same to some people? Does 'Texas' Mean 'Crazy'?
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• 627 - How to Write a Great Cover Letter. 'Kinda' and 'Wanna': Real Words or Not?
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• 626 - ‘Aggravate’ Versus ‘Irritate’ What Is a Functional Shift?
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• 625 - ‘Dinner’ or ‘Supper’? How to Write a Thank-You Note
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• 624 - ‘Trooper’ and ‘Trouper.” Why Is It Called a Spelling Bee?
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• 623 - 'Calvary' or 'Cavalry'? Spelling Bee Interview.
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• 622 - Is a Troop One Person or a Group? Repetition
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• 621 - ‘Council’ or ‘Counsel’? Direct and Indirect Quotations. Oxymorons.
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• 620 - When to Capitalize 'Mom.' In the Doldrums.
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• 619 - Co-worker. Barefaced and Baldfaced Lies. Mixed Metaphors.
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• 618 - Jazz and Thunder. Say Your Piece (or Peace)?
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• 617 - 'Lay' and 'Lie.' 'Grill' and 'Grille.' 'Warsh.'
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• 616 - The Prodigal Tongue. Odoriferous. Battle Royale.
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• 615 - Humor with Adverbs. Noisome. Receipts. Case Quarters.
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• 614 - Illeism. Named For or After? Misinformation and Disinformation.
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• 613 - Dictionary.com Starts Defining Emoji (an interview with Jane Solomon)
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• 612 - The Pin/Pen Merger. American. 'Half-Staff' or 'Half-Mast'?
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• 611 - Pudding. "There Are" Sentences. Winning Limerick
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• 610 - Top 10 Grammar Myths. How 13 Dog Breeds Got Their Names.
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• 609 - Pull Idioms. Surprising Food Names. Dillydally.
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• 608 - Dilly Dilly. How Many Prepositions Can You Put in a Row?
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• 607 - Brainstorming. Call Out Sick? Synesis.
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• 606 - Levidromes, Tom Swifty Jokes, and new OED Words.
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• 605 - A Homophone Error at the SAG Awards. Lectern or Podium? Capitalizing Award Names
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• BONUS: Introducing Launch
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• 604 - Origin of 'Gerrymandering.' Is 'Data' Singular or Plural?
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• 603 - Words of the Year, Why You Shouldn't Use 'Eskimo,' 'Canon' or 'Cannon'?
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• 602 - I'm Chuffed.
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• 601 - "Based In" or "Based Out Of"? Omitting "That"
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• 600 - How to Pronounce 'Caramel.' Sports Idioms
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• 599 - Delicious English Words (Chocolate, Guacamole) with Aztec Roots
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• 598 - Gifting and Regifting. Take a Decision.
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• 597 - Eskimo Words for Snow. Write a Book!
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• 596 - Why Businesses Are Called Houses. Why We Call It "Black Friday."
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• 595 - 'Side' Words. What Is a Bailiwick?
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• 594 - The Plural of 'Batman.' Why Smart People Struggle with Shakespeare Too.
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• 593 - The Origin of English: Proto-Indo-European.
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• 592 - "Sofa" or "Couch"? "Skeleton" Idioms.
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• 591 - "Cannot" or "Can Not"? "Dead" Idioms.
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• 590 - How to Write an Apology
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• 589 - The "Ruth's Chris" Apostrophe. Thingamajigs.
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• 588 - Why People Mimic Accents. Why People "Have Your Six."
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• 587 - More British & American Differences. Quotation Marks with Periods and Commas
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• 586 - UK and US English. Bad or Badly?
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• 585 GG. Rainy Idioms. "Because," "Due To," "Since," and "As"
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• 584 GG. Pipe Dream. Comma Before a Quotation.
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• 583 GG Important or Importantly? Time Traveler Words
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• 582 GG. How to Use Quotations. Stop Calling Yourself a Grammar Nazi
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• 581 GG. Riffle and Rifle. Worcestershire Sauce.
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• 580 GG. Introductory Paragraphs. One of The...
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• 579 GG Language Games. Jerry-Built. And Female Juniors
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• 578 GG Words from Obsolete Technology
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• 577 GG The Trump Jr. Punctuation Kerfuffle. Generation Names.
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• 576 GG Critique or Criticize? Games Like Pig Latin
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• 575 GG Gestures. Elbow Grease. Capitalizing Directions.
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• 574 GG Commas with Transition Words. Double Whammy.
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• 573 GG Until, Till, and 'Til. Dad Jokes.
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• 572 GG Themself. Comma Splices.
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• 571 GG Lego or Legos? Why English Spelling Reform Is Doomed.
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• 570 GG Burned or Burnt? Why English Spelling Is a Mess.
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• 569 GG. Explain vs. Explanation. How to Outline.
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