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Words of the Year

2014 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes

The inside scoop behind our 2014 Word of the Year selections.


The inside scoop behind our 2014 Word of the Year selections.

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2014 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes

 

The inside scoop behind our 2014 Word of the Year selections.

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The True Story of the Backward Index

 

These people needed a computer

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How a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

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'One in the same' or 'One and the same'?

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

An old-fashioned rule we can no longer put up with.

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Affect vs. Effect

 

Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.

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An Abbreviated History of American English Spelling

 

Soop, wimmen, and headake did not make the cut