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Commonly Confused

I vs. Me

'Between you and __'? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun.

'Between you and __'? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun.

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I vs. Me

 

'Between you and __'? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun.

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

We're intent on clearing it up

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How a Word Gets into the Dictionary

 

What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.

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Healthy vs. Healthful

 

Why both words are equally good for you.

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How a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

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Hopefully

 

We believe the popular usage of this word is correct

Games & Quizzes

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Weather Words Can you handle the (barometric) pressure?
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