808 - 6 Latin Abbreviations You Should Know. 'Imply' or 'Infer'?
807 - Why We Call Them Sea 'Shanties.' A Trick to Remember How to Spell 'Conscience'
806 - Why You Should Try Fanfiction. How to Find Tricky Pronunciations.
805 - 'Acedia': the lost name for the emotion we're all feeling right now
804 - Another Think/Thing Coming. 'Sanction,' 'Cleave,' 'Dust,' and More
803 - Pandemic, COVID, anderhalvemetersamenleving: 2020 Words of the Year
802 - Brandon Sanderson on Writing, Character and Place Names, and the Future
801 - How to Get Your 'Just Deserts.' Comma After 'But'? Why?
800 - What Did You Step On? And Is That a Desert or a Dessert?
799 - What 'Whence' Has to Do with 'Where Are You At?' 'Regime' or 'Regimen'?
798 - Why 'Hilarious' Is Funnier than 'Hysterical.' How to Start a Novel.
797 - Why Dickens' Character Names Are So Revealing. 'Continual' or 'Continuous'?
796 - What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe?
795 - Why People Use Scare Quotes. 'Dialog' or 'Dialogue'?
794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal Dialogue
793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox'
792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'
791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop)
790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'
789 - How to Make Your Readers Laugh. 'Whoa' or 'Woah'?
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