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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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12 Awesome Language Resources for the Word Nerd

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Here are my twelve favorite language resources. Check them out!

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Yes, “Irregardless” Is a Word

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Let’s be clear. Just because something is a word doesn’t mean you should use it. There are plenty of four-letter …

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Dord: Merriam-Webster’s Ghost Word

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No one has ever intentionally slipped a phony word into the M-W Dictionary, but one sneaked in there by accident once. Check out the curious history of the non-word, dord.

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Octopuses or Octopi?

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The editors at Merriam Webster clarify how to correctly pluralize the word octopus. Before you watch, what’s your guess?

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