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Can You Trust Your Dictionary?
The Canadian Oxford can be a writer’s best friend—if they understand its limitations
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‘Alt-Right’ and the Danger of Euphemisms
The media should not help white nationalists rebrand bigotry
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Understanding Trump’s Grammar
It’s tempting to mock the way Trump speaks — but doing so plays right into his tiny hands
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Grammar’s Star Trek Rule
Resistance is futile—just split your infinitives, already
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Don’t Be a Grammar Troll
The web may be a pedant’s paradise, but there are good reasons to keep your asterisks to yourself
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Another punctuation mark is added to the endangered species list
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Keep Comma and Carry On
Who cares about an Oxford comma? We do
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Apostrophe-gate
Inside Edmonton’s punctuation scandal: why a tiny mark makes people murderous
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The Singular They
“Everyone has their preference”—see anything wrong with that sentence? Neither do we
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Why Do We Find Nonsense Words Funny?
Certain nonsense words consistently made patients smile and sometimes even laugh out loud. Especially ‘Skunkoople’
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