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If you play the Vocabulary.com Challenge long enough, we'll eventually teach you to tell somnolent, soporific, and sonorous apart. But you don’t have to wait. You can look them up in our Dictionary at any time, click “Learn,” and you’ll begin to see them right away. Continue reading...
Are you hooked on "Downton Abbey"? The second season of the British period drama has been airing in the U.S. on PBS, and it's been an addictive treat for Anglophiles. But just how accurate is the language used on the show? Though it mostly remains true to its post-Edwardian setting, at times the talk is a bit anachronistic. Continue reading...
We'd like to welcome Merrill Perlman, who writes the "Language Corner" column for Columbia Journalism Review, as our newest regular contributor! In this column, she's grabbing at "straws": straw polls, straw men, and straw bashers. Continue reading...

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Confused about "Censor" vs. "Censure"?

Confused about "Censor" vs. "Censure"?

If you’ve been following the story of Twitter agreeing to block users’ tweets in countries where the tweets are deemed illegal, you might have encountered the words censor/censure. And, like many among us, you might hesitate when you see them. Is it right to say, “Last month, Twitter exposed itself to public censor by agreeing to block government-censured posts?” Or is it, “Last month, Twitter exposed itself to public censure by agreeing to block government-censored posts?”

Learn more about the censor/censure distinction here.

Erin Brenner of Right Touch Editing provides "bite-sized lessons to improve your writing" on her engaging blog The Writing Resource. Here Erin offers a "word story" on cacophony, which she finds to be "a very apt term for the digital world." Continue reading...
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We’re excited to add a new and very useful feature — the ability to learn a Vocabulary List. This has been by far our most requested feature, and we're thrilled to have it go live. Continue reading...
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