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Use These Hypothetical Questions to Start a Conversation If You Forgot How to Socialise

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Use These Hypothetical Questions to Start a Conversation If You Forgot How to Socialise

Is It ‘You and I’ or ‘You and Me’?

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Is It ‘You and I’ or ‘You and Me’?

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How to Teach Your Kids When It’s OK to Curse

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How to Teach Your Kids When It’s OK to Curse

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My son was seven or eight years old when he asked me about the “S word.” My husband and I…

Don’t End Texts With a Period

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Don’t End Texts With a Period

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When to Use the Em Dash — and the En Dash and 3 Em Dash

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When to Use the Em Dash — and the En Dash and 3 Em Dash

How to Use Compound Words Correctly (Almost) Every Time

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How to Use Compound Words Correctly (Almost) Every Time

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It’s Time to Embrace the Singular ‘They’

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It’s Time to Embrace the Singular ‘They’

There’s A Word For People Who Give Uninformed Opinions (And It’s Not ‘Ignorant’)

3 years ago

There’s A Word For People Who Give Uninformed Opinions (And It’s Not ‘Ignorant’)

Hayley Williams

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You Can Turn Any Object Into An Insult By Adding ‘Absolute’

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You Can Turn Any Object Into An Insult By Adding ‘Absolute’

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“You can make nearly any object into a good insult if you put ‘you absolute’ in front of it,” says…

Why Does Everyone Add An Extra ‘R’ To The Word ‘Sherbet’?

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Why Does Everyone Add An Extra ‘R’ To The Word ‘Sherbet’?

Rena Behar

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