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The words ‘good’ and ‘well’ are both used when something is pleasing or acceptable. But...
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The title of the 2002 Jennifer Lopez romcom Maid in Manhattan is a pun. Not...
Sometimes, when two words look and sound similar, they come from the same root term....
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The mantis is an interesting creature: it looks like it’s praying, but it’s really preying....
English spelling is full of words that sound the same despite differing in spelling. However,...
Many of the homophones we look at on this blog have completely different uses from...
We can use both ‘what’ and ‘which’ to ask questions. We can even use them...
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It is National Doughnut Day today. This raises two main questions: Why is there a...