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843 - 806 - Why You Should Try Fanfiction. How to Find Tricky Pronunciations.Thu, 14 Jan 2021
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842 - 805 - 'Acedia': the lost name for the emotion we're all feeling right nowThu, 07 Jan 2021
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841 - 804 - Another Think/Thing Coming. 'Sanction,' 'Cleave,' 'Dust,' and MoreThu, 31 Dec 2020
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840 - 803 - Pandemic, COVID, anderhalvemetersamenleving: 2020 Words of the YearThu, 24 Dec 2020
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839 - 802 - Brandon Sanderson on Writing, Character and Place Names, and the FutureThu, 17 Dec 2020
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838 - 801 - How to Get Your 'Just Deserts.' Comma After 'But'? Why?Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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837 - 800 - What Did You Step On? And Is That a Desert or a Dessert?Thu, 03 Dec 2020
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836 - 799 - What 'Whence' Has to Do with 'Where Are You At?' 'Regime' or 'Regimen'?Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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835 - 798 - Why 'Hilarious' Is Funnier than 'Hysterical.' How to Start a Novel.Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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834 - 596 - Why Businesses Are Called Houses. Why We Call It "Black Friday."Thu, 23 Nov 2017
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833 - 797 - Why Dickens' Character Names Are So Revealing. 'Continual' or 'Continuous'?Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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832 - 796 - What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe?Thu, 05 Nov 2020
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831 - 795 - Why People Use Scare Quotes. 'Dialog' or 'Dialogue'?Thu, 29 Oct 2020
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830 - 794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal DialogueThu, 22 Oct 2020
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829 - 793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox'Thu, 15 Oct 2020
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828 - 792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'Thu, 08 Oct 2020
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827 - 791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop)Thu, 01 Oct 2020
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826 - 790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'Thu, 24 Sep 2020
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825 - 789 - How to Make Your Readers Laugh. 'Whoa' or 'Woah'?Thu, 17 Sep 2020
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824 - 788 - Why 'Out of Pocket' Means Both 'Inappropriate' and 'Unavailable'Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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823 - 787 - Why We Associate Political Parties with the Colors Red and BlueThu, 03 Sep 2020
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822 - 786 - 'Doomscrolling' (OK, Doomer). 'Each Other' or 'One Another'?Thu, 27 Aug 2020
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821 - 785 - 'Gantlet' or 'Gauntlet'? Do You Want to Say 'Had Went'?Thu, 20 Aug 2020
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819 - 784 - A Historical Tip for Remembering When to Use 'Historical.' Put More Thought into Your Punctuation.Thu, 13 Aug 2020
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818 - 783 - How Hurricanes Get Their Names. When You Should Avoid Using Contractions.Thu, 06 Aug 2020
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817 - 782 - What are those dots over letters? Why does 'money' have a plural, and how do you spell it?Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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816 - 781 - Blursday or Whensday? Middle Grade Versus Young Adult FictionThu, 23 Jul 2020
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815 - 780 - Which Comes First? Who or Where?Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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814 - 779 - How You Can Help the OED. Capitalizing 'Black.' How Playwriting Techniques Can Improve Your Writing.Thu, 09 Jul 2020
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813 - 778 - Do We Say 'Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight' Because of the Saharan Dust Plumes? Also, 'Yoiks!'Thu, 02 Jul 2020
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812 - 777 - How to Write Fight Scenes (and How to Get Started as a Fiction Editor)Thu, 25 Jun 2020
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811 - 776 - Why a Detective Searched for 'Clews' in a 1929 Novel. ‘Systemic’ or ‘Systematic’?Thu, 18 Jun 2020
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810 - 775 - Why We Talk About 'Bad Apples.' 'A Few' Versus 'a Couple'Thu, 11 Jun 2020
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809 - 774 - Roy Peter Clark on Civic Clarity and Murdering Your DarlingsThu, 04 Jun 2020
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808 - 773 - Postal Zones. Reenter. Bougie.Thu, 28 May 2020
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807 - 772 - The History of ZIP Codes and Addresses (Plus How to Write Them)Thu, 21 May 2020
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806 - 771 - Writing Lessons from Bad Job ApplicationsThu, 14 May 2020
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805 - 770 - 'Muslim' or 'Moslem'? 'Fishfolk'? 'Fishist'? What Is the Gender-Neutral Term for 'Fisherman'?Thu, 07 May 2020
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804 - 769 - Why Do We Say 'Cool Your Heels'? What's Up With 'Zhuzh'?Thu, 30 Apr 2020
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803 - 768 - Why Aren't We 'Whelmed'? And Cabin 'Fever,' Anyone?Thu, 23 Apr 2020
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802 - 767 - The semicolon is so much more interesting than you imagineThu, 16 Apr 2020
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801 - 766 - 'Flaunt' and 'Flout.' 'Band Together.'Thu, 09 Apr 2020
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800 - 765 - Say No to Marshall Law. How 'Vaccine' Is Related to 'Cow.'Thu, 02 Apr 2020
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799 - 764. Skeleton Crew. Hunker Down. Uncharted. Existential.Thu, 26 Mar 2020
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798 - 763. How to Write Better Email. 'Pandemic' vs. 'Epidemic.' 'Canceled' vs. 'Cancelled.'Thu, 19 Mar 2020
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797 - 762 - How to Pronounce 'Celtic.' 'Whiskey' or 'Whisky'?Thu, 12 Mar 2020
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796 - 761 - Why It's Called 'Daylight Saving Time.' The Origin of the Word 'Woman.'Thu, 05 Mar 2020
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795 - 760 - What Is Genre. 'Bangs' Versus 'Fringe.'Thu, 27 Feb 2020
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794 - 759 - What Does ‛Mardi Gras’ Mean? "Drive to Work" Versus "Drive Home"Thu, 20 Feb 2020
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793 - 758 - Why 'XOXO' Means 'Hugs and Kisses'Thu, 13 Feb 2020
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