Legendary figures and the words that define them
Celebrated writers share their quest to find the right words
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What about Day Tomorrow?
And how did it get that name?
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And is one more correct than the others?
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No one calls it the Merriam-Webster comma. Why?
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There, there. We'll sort it out.
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The awkward case of 'his or her'
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No other common verb follows the pattern of _sneak_…_snuck_. And no one's quite sure why.
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They started as the same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.
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Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.
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'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
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Why does it sound strange to say 'funner' or 'funnest?'
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Why is pig meat called 'pork' and cow meat called 'beef?' Because English took on a big serving of French words following the Norman Conquest.
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Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings
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How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
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The story of those iconic illustrations.
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Soop, wimmen, and headake did not make the cut
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We'll help you figure it out at once
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How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts
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Some imitative words are more surprising than others
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And who put it there, anyway?
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We're intent on clearing it up
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Name That Flower
You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
Pick the best words!
