How to Use Worse vs. Worst Correctly in 6 Common Phrases
What's the 'worse' or 'worst' that could happen if you use the wrong form of this commonly used word? Here's what to know.
What's the 'worse' or 'worst' that could happen if you use the wrong form of this commonly used word? Here's what to know.
Musician Sufjan Stevens recently jumped on the “open letter to Miley Cyrus” bandwagon with a tongue-in-cheek critique of her grammar in the song “Get It Right.”
Do they historically mean the same thing? Yes. Do they have separate definitions in modern usage? Also yes.
Is it coleslaw or cold slaw? Deep-seated or deep-seeded? There are right answers, but the wrong ones seem kind of right in their own right.
One theory suggests that we call liquor 'spirits' because of alcohol’s association with one spirit in particular: the Holy Spirit. But there are other theories.
One historical definition of ‘whereas’ is ‘preamble.’ But that’s probably not the one you’re looking for.
Née’s meaning is technically “born,” and we borrowed it from the same place we got déjà-vu and cul-de-sac.