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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....
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...
Voices: The Top 10 Top 10s of all time
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 months 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...
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...
‘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...
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...
We've All Used It, but Here's What P.S. Actually Stands For
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year 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...
