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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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Video: Why Is There a 'C' in 'Indict'?

 

And who put it there, anyway?

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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "Junk in the Trunk"

 

Comedian ISMO on what separates a boot from a trunk

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Is 'None' Singular or Plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?

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What Is 'Semantic Bleaching'?

 

How 'literally' can mean "figuratively"

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The True Story of the Backward Index

 

These people needed a computer

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Further vs. Farther

 

They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.