The Dictionary of American Diction: a lexicon for our time
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In an attempt to explain how language changes and evolves over time, someone (besides me) said that language is a "living organism." I am perpetually amazed at how we try to kill it. A friend once misused a word or phrase, and I gently corrected her English. In spite of her master's degree, she responded, "Well, how should I know? I'm not a grammar!" No, indeed, you are not. Nor are you familiar with it. My coworker discovered that her son had been smoking marijuana with his best friend. She called him from her office, and I overheard her tell him, "You're not getting off the hook. There will be percussions!" She hung up on him as I envisioned her going all Tito Puente on the side of his head. Enjoy these
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Homophones,
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