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Ten Words You Need to Stop Misspelling
A lot: Always leave a space [between a and lot]. Remember, there’s a lot of space in outer space. Alot is not a word. You don’t write alittle, abunch, acantaloupe, aporkchop. So don’t write alot. For the Oatmeal‘s other nine … Continue reading
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Do You Have a G.O.D. Complex?
That is, do you suffer from Grammar Obsessive Disorder?
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The Dan Brown Sequel Generator
Plug in a city and a sect, and Slate’s computer will do the rest. An ancient code in the monuments of Los Angeles. A murderous cult determined to protect it. A desperate race to uncover the Scientologists’ darkest secret. The … Continue reading
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The Onion Reports, ‘Underfunded Schools Forced to Cut Past Tense From Language Programs’
Faced with ongoing budget crises, underfunded schools nationwide are increasingly left with no option but to cut the past tense—a grammatical construction traditionally used to relate all actions and states that have transpired at an earlier point in time—from their … Continue reading
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