Wanna learn a new word today? How about guile? According to Merriam-Webster, guile means deceitful cunning. Here’s a random pop culture factoid: Guile is also the name of a popular Street Fighter character.
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Wanna learn a new word today? How about dirigible? According to Merriam-Webster, the noun dirigible simply means an airship. As an adjective, the word means capable of being steered. If anyone has ever seen Kiki’s Delivery Service (one of my favorite Ghibli movies), a dirigible plays a part in that movie, and that’s where I
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Wanna learn a new word today? How about servile? According to Merriam-Webster, servile (an adjective) means of or befitting a menial position; meanly or cravenly submissive. I came across this word while looking up another word I found in the novel I just finished.
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After being riddled with proofreading projects the past few months, I finally have time to breathe and resume these posts!
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Wanna learn a new word today? How about espouse? According to Merriam-Webster, espouse (a verb) means to marry; to take up and support as a cause; become attached to. I’m currently proofreading a novel, and that’s where I came across this word.
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While proofreading the other day, I came across something interesting and decided it would make a good blog post. I can’t share the actual sentence due to privacy issues, but I’ll modify it to fit the basic structure. It went something like this. Each cow, chicken, and pig is kept in the barn. When I
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Wanna learn a new word today? How about palimpsest? According to Merriam-Webster, palimpsest (a noun) is writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface. Over the weekend, I came across this word while
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Wanna learn a new word today? How about conflate? According to Merriam-Webster, conflate (a verb) means to bring together; fuse; combine into a composite whole.
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Wanna learn a new word today? How about prosaic? According to Merriam-Webster, prosaic (an adjective) is a characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry; factual; dull; unimaginative; everyday; ordinary.
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Hey there! Today I want to talk about how to correctly punctuate “etc.” Let’s get started! The biggest offense I see with “etc.” punctuation is forgetting that there needs to be both a period and a comma. It will look like this. Bedding, linens, etc., can be found in the closet. Here are some additional
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