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Words from the week of 10/25/2019

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The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 10/25/19

Words from the week of 10/25/2019

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What It Means to ‘Touch Base’

Just checking in with it

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Giving Meaning to the Latin (and French) in 'The Exorcist'

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A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Well, who's asking?

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Useful and Obscure Words for Autumn

Settle in and get cozy with them

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Looking at ‘Bothsidesing’

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Calling In a New ‘Brigade’

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Usage & Grammar

Minding 'Never mind' and 'Nevermind'

Not to mention 'nvm' and 'nm'

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The 'de-' means "do the opposite of."

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Is it 'Forty'? Or 'Fourty'?

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Do the Names of the Seasons Get Capitalized?

On common nouns and falling leaves

Commonly Confused

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'Adverse' or 'Averse'?

Don't be opposed to using either one

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Unmixing the Mix-up of 'Root,' 'Route,' and 'Rout'

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The Difference Between 'i.e.' and 'e.g.'

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'Conscience' vs. 'Conscious': Let Us Be Your Guide

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Listen to the pronounciation of coruscate

to give off bright flashes of light

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