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Articles: pluralization of general nouns

Mar 27, 2020

Pamela Cotte

When a noun is used generally, an article is not…

Words

Historic or historical?

Feb 20, 2020

Pamela Cotte

Both words are adjectives but they have very different meanings….

Grammar and usage

capitulate, recapitulate

Jan 16, 2020

Andrew Goodall

Capitulate and recapitulate are etymologically rooted in the Medieval Latin…

Grammar and usage

militate, mitigate

Jan 2, 2020

Andrew Goodall

I recently made the mistake of writing “mitigate against” instead…

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Online dictionaries 2

Dec 23, 2019

Pamela Cotte

Unexpected uses of an online dictionary 2 Even experienced academic…

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