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15 motivational words to adopt as your motto this week
If you’re on the hunt for something to empower and uplift your headspace, here’s 25 inspiring words to get you going.
Jennifer Freeman
Grammar
Our favorite oxymorons
What did you call me? While you can probably come up with some great oxymoronic insults, they are a figure of speech that uses words that oppose each other.
Slang
15 slang terms your grandparents will understand
Scroll through these 15 outdated sayings Grandma and Grandpa used in their own casual conversation. They may give you a big tickle.
Grammar
Further vs. Farther
Further and farther are two of the most confused words in the English language. If you want to show your smarts, you’ll want to know the difference.
History
The twisty history of cursive writing
Who invented cursive handwriting? Why do we use it, and how did it start? After thousands of years, it’s incredible that cursive has survived despite its removal from most modern curriculums.
Grammar
The truth about the I before E rule
The I before E rule is one of the most notoriously broken rules in the English language. Should it even be a rule?
History
These 9 common words have the most bizarre origins
While many English words simply came into being from Latin, Greek, or other foreign languages, some words have seemingly bizarre, and even downright macabre, beginnings.
History
10 words that have recently been removed from the dictionary
As language evolves and new vocabulary (including slang) is coined and recognized, older words that have long fallen out of use are retired and removed from dictionaries.
Grammar
Somebody or someone? Nobody or no one?
Sometimes there are similar-sounding words that can be used in very similar ways. Somebody and someone and nobody and no one are two such pairs. So why do we have both words?
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Ahoy! Here are 13 phrases to try on Talk Like a Pirate Day
Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day by including some colorful words and phrases into your conversations.
Blog
The exciting history of the exclamation point
Okay, so here’s the thing about the exclamation point. Nobody really knows where it originated! Let's look at the history of the exclamation point.
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8 common words you never realized were brand names
Did you know that many of the words we use to refer to common, everyday items are actually trademarked brand names?