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  1. Word Count

     How to Make Your Sentences Shorter
    Thu Jun 25 09:00:00 EDT 2020
    Did you know that even as general literacy has increased, our ability to read and understand long sentences has decreased? Here are some tricks to make your sentences shorter.

  2. Candlepower

     Slogans for Health
    premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers Thu Jun 18 09:00:00 EDT 2020
    How important is a slogan during a global health crisis like the one we're experiencing with COVID-19? More important than you might think.

  3. Evasive Maneuvers

     Finding Distraction in the Historical Dictionary of American Slang
    Wed Jun 10 13:00:00 EDT 2020
    Finding comfort and distractions in euphemisms from the letter H.

  4. Language Lounge

     Take 2
    Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020
    The stay-at-home orders of recent months have meant a lot more time to deep-dive into etymologies, and this has led me to reflect on a thing I hadn't noticed as much before: English has a surfeit of expressions for the idea 1 + 1.

  5. Word Count

     Why Do the Best Writers Have the Most Emotional Intelligence?
    Wed May 27 11:00:00 EDT 2020
    People with a higher Emotional Intelligence are also better writers. Find out which useful attributes emotionally intelligent writers display.

  6. Candlepower

     The Case of the Generic Name
    Wed May 20 09:00:00 EDT 2020
    A case recently argued before the US Supreme Court — by telephone! — teaches us a lot about trademarks, generic terms, and domain names.

  7. Evasive Maneuvers

     Which Came First: The Chicken or the Hen Apple?
    Fri May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2020
    Even in horrible times, you can always count on euphemisms. Evasive language never takes a day off.

  8. Language Lounge

     That Uncertain Someone
    Mon May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020
    Do the profound insights made by J. L. Austin and Paul Grice have any application to "conversations" in which the traffic in words is by definition all or nearly all one-way?

  9. Candlepower

     (Talkin' 'Bout) the Generations
    Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2020
    Before the 20th century, generational names were rare or nonexistent. What changed? And what do the names of generations tell us about history and identity?

  10. Word Count

     Are You Addicted to Your Smartphone? Is the Pandemic Making It worse?
    Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020
    Most people will spend five years and four months on social media over their lifetime. Are you addicted to your smartphone, and has it gotten worse than ever?
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