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6 Punctuation Marks Hated by Famous Authors

F. Scott Fitzgerald was not a fan of the exclamation point!

6 Punctuation Marks Hated by Famous Authors

What Does It Mean to ‘Put the Kibosh’ on Something?

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What Does It Mean to ‘Put the Kibosh’ on Something?

7 Surprising Places We Got Phrases About Food

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7 Surprising Places We Got Phrases About Food

When to Use Nor

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When to Use Nor

Capital vs. Capitol

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We Put Grammarly Premium to the Test

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The Meaning of 'Just Deserts'

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What Does ‘Cabin Fever’ Mean? Plus Other Fever Words

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13 Little-Known Punctuation Marks We Should Be Using

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100 of the Most Commonly Misspelled Words in the English Language

She's having a dilemma about how to spell dilemma.

5 Unofficial Rules Native English Speakers Don't Realize They Know

If you don't know, then you know these grammar rules.

Grave Error: A Man Attempting to Fake His Own Death Was Caught Because of a Typo

Faking one's own death is never easy.

Eldest vs. Oldest: What's the Difference Between These Two Age-Related Adjectives?

Danny DeVito will help illustrate our point.

Systemic vs. Systematic: How to Use Each Word Correctly

This woman systematically drinks orange juice while her creative juices are flowing.

In a Bold Move, Microsoft Office Is Now Flagging Double Spaces Between Sentences as an Error

Please, thumbs, step away from the spacebar.

May vs. Might: When to Use Each Word

She may decide to use might in her essay.