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The Dictionary and Us

David Skinner on why the American Heritage Dictionary closed its usage panel this year—and why it existed in the first place.

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4 More Unofficial Rules Native English Speakers Don't Realize They Know

It can be shocking to realize that we are able to follow rules that no one ever taught us explicitly.

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The Rise and Fall of the English Sentence - Issue 54: The Unspoken - Nautilus

“[[[When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people [to dissolve the political bands [which have connected…

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Crayola's new color name draws criticism

Crayola announced the name of its new blue crayon Friday after a naming contest, and critics say the winning name, Bluetiful, teaches children a non-word.

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Designer Transforms Arabic Words into Illustrations of Their Literal Meanings

Designer Mahmoud Tammam posed a creative challenge to himself: an experimental typographic series of Arabic illustrated words.

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Among the recent additions to Macmillan’s Open Dictionary – crowdsourced through reader submissions – is the colourful word blatherskite. This can refer either

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P is for pterodactyl, T is for tsunami: the 'worst alphabet book' becomes a bestseller

A picture book dedicated to English’s strangest quirks has made the New York Times bestseller list with the publisher scrambling to reprint. How did the rapper behind it dream it up?