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Grammar & Usage

Words Commonly Mispronounced

18 words even you might be mispronouncing

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

'Simile' and 'metaphor' are just the beginning

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)

Be dashing—and do it well

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

How to pick the right one

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Games & Quizzes

Wordplay

9 Other Words for Beautiful

Putting Adjectives in the Right Order

You do this without even thinking

'When Pigs Fly' and Other Barnyard Idioms

24 phrases involving chickens roosting, pigs in mud, and more

Why Jaywalking is Called Jaywalking

The origin of the word has nothing to do with the shape of the letter J

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Time Traveler

Find words from the year you were born … and beyond!

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