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Back Yard, Backyard, or Back-Yard?

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Which is correct? Backyard, back yard, or back-yard?

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Tip #20: Don’t Worry About Big Words

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Unless you are writing an SAT essay, there is no intrinsic benefit to using big, fancy words.

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Can You Decipher These Sesquipedalian Sayings?

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Sesquipedalian — how ’bout that for a $10 word? It means “characterized by the use of long words.” So, I suppose in order to use the word sesquipedalian, you have to be sesquipedalian.

But today’s post isn’t just a meditation on the word sesquipedalian. It’s a challenge to the loquacious…

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