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New Dictionary Words for 2011

'Cougar,' 'Crowdsourcing,' 'Bromance' & more — the latest additions to America's best-selling dictionary.

'Cougar,' 'Crowdsourcing,' 'Bromance' & more — the latest additions to America's best-selling dictionary.

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New Dictionary Words for 2011

 

'Cougar,' 'Crowdsourcing,' 'Bromance' & more — the latest additions to America's best-selling dictionary.

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Old-School Grammar

 

Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.

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'Everyday' vs. 'Every Day'

 

A simple trick to keep them separate

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

We're intent on clearing it up

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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "The One-derful Won"

 

Comedian ISMO tries to figure out 'one' and 'two'

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Literally

 

A word that (literally) drives people nuts

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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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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Challenging Standardized Test Words Quiz Vol. 3 You’re on your own for the math section.
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