Tag: Spelling
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A little while back, I wrote an article on cannot and can not. After posting it, I got to thinking about several other open and closed forms and how the little space (or lack of space) between words can change meanings or introduce errors. Today, I’ll be writing about a few other open and closed…
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In previous articles about etymology and usage, I mentioned the malleability of English since it incorporates so many words from diverse languages. Sometimes these loanwords include diacritics, which are symbols that alter pronunciation, distinguish words, indicate stress, or mark a historical spelling. Think of characters like â, à, ä, ç, é, ê, ñ, and ó.…