Addition and edition may occasionally come dangerously close together in meaning. Which is the correct word in the following sentence? On this special bonus [addition ….
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Add conventionally functions as an abbreviation of the word addition. Otherwise, by itself, add is a verb meaning either to calculate the total of multiple ….
A List of Gluey Sticky Words “Omit needless words” — William Strunk, The Elements of Style Strunk & White’s advice is simple. Find words with ….
Dear Weeping Editor, I went to a writers’ conference a few years back and the repeating theme was never to use the word “feel” in ….
Whether it is a group of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, or insects there is usually a unique collective noun to identify the specific group, although ….
Allowed is the past tense of the verb allow, meaning to permit, to let happen, to permit entrance, or to acknowledge the truth or acceptability ….
To amend is to change for the better, to put right, or to alter by adding. The word’s corresponding noun is amendment. Amend is the ….
The expression “as such” must refer to some status—an antecedent noun or noun phrase—mentioned earlier. The CMOS explains it like this (emphasis mine): Literature and ….
And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then ….
The word apart is either an adverb or an adjective. As an adverb, apart can mean separate, a little distance, excluded from consideration, or away ….