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2016 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes
Editor Peter Sokolowski talks about 'surreal' and the rest of our Word of the Year 2016 selections
Sneaked vs. Snuck
No other common verb follows the pattern of sneak…snuck. And no one's quite sure why.
2015 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes
Editor Peter Sokolowski talks about our Word of the Year selections.
How to Read a French Menu
Enjoy some vichyssoise or an amuse-bouche without begging pardon for your French.
Is It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?
'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
2014 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes
The inside scoop behind our 2014 Word of the Year selections.
Old-School Grammar
Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.
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- Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.
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