February 2012
106 posts
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What's Up With "Less Than"?
For more on “fewer” vs. “less,” click HERE.
Feb 29th
413 notes
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Feb 29th
10,592 notes
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What's Up With "Among" and "Amongst"? (And "Amid"...
Feb 29th
902 notes
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Feb 29th
13,800 notes
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What's Up With "Every Day" and "Everyday"?
Feb 29th
101 notes
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Feb 28th
114 notes
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What's Up With "Prophesy" and "Prophecy"?
Feb 28th
175 notes
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Feb 28th
3,200 notes
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What's Up With "Maybe" and "May Be"?
Feb 28th
63 notes
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Feb 28th
120 notes
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What's Up With "Farther" and "Further"?
Feb 25th
672 notes
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Feb 25th
3,068 notes
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What's Up With "Addictive" and "Addicting"?
Feb 25th
201 notes
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Feb 25th
218 notes
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Feb 24th
1,384 notes
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What's Up With "Will" and "Would"? (And "Shall"...
Feb 24th
430 notes
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Feb 24th
1,566 notes
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What's Up With "Data" and "Datum"?
Feb 23rd
56 notes
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Feb 23rd
14 notes
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What's Up With "Alot" and "A Lot"?
If you’re wondering where the “Alot” creature comes from, click HERE.
Feb 23rd
186 notes
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I Couldn't Care Less Whether You Could Care Less
Feb 23rd
489 notes
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Feb 23rd
909 notes
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What's Up With "Schadenfreude"?
Feb 22nd
291 notes
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Feb 21st
3,317 notes
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What's Up With "You and I" and "You and Me"?
Feb 21st
410 notes
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Waking Up in the Morning
Feb 21st
2,550 notes
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What's Up With "Who" and "That"?
Feb 21st
57 notes
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Feb 21st
1,331 notes
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What's Up With "Lay" and "Lie"?
Feb 19th
617 notes
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Feb 19th
2,161 notes
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What's Up With "Persons," "People," and "Peoples"?
Feb 18th
250 notes
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Feb 18th
3,725 notes
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What's Up With "Whom" and "Who"?
If this is still confusing to you, rephrase your sentence to avoid the entire who/whom problem.
Feb 18th
880 notes
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Feb 18th
192 notes
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What's Up With "Someone" and "Somebody"?
Feb 18th
100 notes
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Feb 18th
57,076 notes
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Feb 17th
692 notes
Feb 17th
88,379 notes
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What's Up With . . . the Ellipsis?
Click HERE for an excellent post on the ellipsis, including how to use them in formal writing (e.g., in citing quotations). The plural of “ellipsis” is “ellipses.”
Feb 17th
209 notes
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Feb 17th
190 notes
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What's Up With "Anyway" and "Anyways"?
NOTE: FYI, the erroneous “whats” in Paris’s thought bubble is intentional; it is parallel with the erroneous “Thats” on her T-shirt.
Feb 17th
243 notes
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Feb 17th
2,318 notes
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What's Up With "E.G." and "I.E."?
Feb 17th
717 notes
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Feb 16th
4,228 notes
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Feb 16th
4,866 notes
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What's Up With "Compliment" and "Complement"?
Feb 16th
239 notes
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Feb 16th
938 notes
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What's Up With "May" and "Might"?
Feb 16th
270 notes
Feb 15th
94 notes
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What's Up With "Whereas," "Nevertheless," and...
Definitions source: Vocabulary.com
Feb 15th
82 notes