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Everett Johnston, killed at Mars Hill PO, remembered as a man of letters, loving husband
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMARS HILL - The ID of the man who was killed after a mail carrier ran him over at the Mars Hill post...
11 Language Books That Won’t Bore You
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBuzzFeed News The BuzzFeed copy desk is obviously obsessed with all things grammar, style, and editing. Here are some of our favorite books on language....
Voices: The Top 10 Top 10s of all time
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Top 10s started in The Independent on Sunday magazine, the New Review, 10 years ago on 2 May 2013, with the Top 10 Worst Beatles Songs. I had...
Merriam-Webster's word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI's ability to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAccording to the publisher’s editor-at-large, 2023 represented 'a kind of crisis of authenticity.'...
Abortion is the word of the hour. But where did it come from?
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbortion, in addition to being the hot topic in the news cycle after the leak of a draft Supreme...
Gaston County speller moves on in Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Gaston Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGaston County's reigning top speller didn't let the words gesellschaft, mawkish and limequat leave...
‘English is not a language – it’s just badly spoken French’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFew would deny that English has conquered the world. But the French have always refused to take this...
United Way: Count it all 'joy'
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 5 months ago"Joy" is a word we see and hear a lot at this time of year, around the holidays. Per the Oxford English Dictionary, Joy is a feeling or state of great...
We've All Used It, but Here's What P.S. Actually Stands For
Parade via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHow to properly use P.S., and whether or not to use P.P.S. and P.P.P.S. You were today years old...
Richard Wolfe: A business of ferrets
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe word “venery" has two unrelated definitions and usages. According to the Collins dictionary, the most recent (if you can call the late 15th century...
