Casagrande: Punctuation matters: stick to the rules

Anyone who knows, or intuitively understands, that two words describing a noun are hyphenated ends up writing some compounds ...

St. Patty’s or St. Paddy’s: Which is the correct abbreviation for St. Patrick’s Day?

It doesn't take the luck o' the Irish to figure out which nickname is right—just ask this linguist ...
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From Descartes to punk rock, the letter X has an extraordinary history

The letter X can be a lot of things: rebellious, mysterious, religious. For this Word of the Week, we examine its origins and ...
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From Descartes to punk rock, X has an extraordinary history

The letter X can be a lot of things: rebellious, mysterious, religious. For this Word of the Week, we examine its origins and ...
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6-7 unc chicken banana 20 Gen Alpha slang phrases driving parents nuts-decoded

Don't even get me started on chicken ...
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Allen's Dictionary of Abbreviations and Symbols

Allen's Dictionary of Abbreviations and Symbols by Edward Frank Allen Publication date 1946 Publisher Coward-McCann, Inc. Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary Contributor Internet ...
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Abbrevs. (A Dictionary of Abbreviations)

(A Dictionary of Abbreviations) by Herbert John Stephenson Publication date 1943 Publisher The Macmillan Company Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary Contributor Internet Archive ...