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How to Read a French Menu

Enjoy some vichyssoise or an amuse-bouche without begging pardon for your French.

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How to Read a French Menu

 

How to 'amuse-bouche' without begging pardon for your French

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'Nip it in the butt' or 'Nip it in the bud'?

 

We're gonna stop you right there

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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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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"

 

Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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Affect vs. Effect

 

Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.

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Why is there a 'd' in 'fridge' but not in 'refrigerator'?

 

Thawing one of the mysteries of English

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

 

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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 Word Game You can make only 12 words. Pick the best ones!
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?
Missing Letter A crossword with a twist
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Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli...