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GRAMMARLY GIGGLES (Sites We Like)

SOME SPLENDID SITES Share a few grammarian giggles by checking our favorite sites. Time spent with these folks beats a brainless bout of Angry Birds EVERY time. A WAY WITH WORDS A guilt-free pleasure you can hear on NPR, this radio program from linguistic specialists Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett of waywordradio.org offers a steady supply more »

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Terrorized by Typos? Here’s the reason:

Terrorized by typos? Turns out they’re so confoundingly common that researchers at the Cambridge-connected MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit have been investigating the issue. Here’s a hint about what they found: “The huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.” Ponder this and you’ll earn the bonus more »

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