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  1. Blog Excerpts

    From IRA's "Reading Today," a Vocab Success Story
    English teacher Jennifer Johnston explains how she changed word learning at her school...almost overnight.
    Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    In anticipation of her school's "official jump" to the Common Core, English teacher Jennifer Johnston of Rialto High, in Rialto, CA created a dramatic new word learning program using Vocabulary.com. She was hoping for measurable improvement. What she ended up with was a dramatic change. Now, in the International Reading Association's online magazine Reading Today, Johnston explains how she made this happen. Continue reading...

  2. Tasty Morsels

    A Personality Test: What Does "Good" Say About You?
    Find new ways to replace this often overused word.
    Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    Find out where the word "good" leads you in this tongue-in-cheek personality quiz flowchart from Vocabulary.com. Continue reading...

  3. Word Count

    Less Usage Problems
    Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    The distinction between less and fewer is one of the most popular rules in the peevers' arsenal. Students have it drilled into their heads that fewer is for things you can count while less is for things you can't. But there's a problem: the rule as it's commonly taught is wrong, and it's dulling our sense of what's actually right. Continue reading...

  4. Evasive Maneuvers

    A Load of Non-Core Assets
    Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    Garbage is such a trashy word. It suggests rubbish, waste, and, well, garbage. So why not put a positive spin on refuse with the term non-core assets? It applies equally well to financial garbage and garbage garbage, not to mention anything else that's not worth a lick. Continue reading...

  5. Word Count

    "Ban Together" or "Band Together"?
    Wed Oct 01 12:00:00 EDT 2014
    Welcome to the latest in our series of quick tips on usage and style shared by Mignon Fogarty, better known as Grammar Girl. In this tip, Mignon has some advice on confusion over "ban together" versus "band together." Continue reading...

  6. Vocabulary Shout-Out

    In "Good Old Days," Word Learning was Still a Challenge
    A children's classic debunks the myth that our ancestors were less intimidated by words
    Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    Teachers and parents may drive themselves crazy with the thought that vocabulary learning among today's children is "not what it used to be." But one primary source document suggests that children a century ago found long words to be just as intimidating as they do now. Continue reading...

  7. Word Count

    Your Head Will Spin: "Naught," "Aught," and "Ought"
    We sure have to work hard to say what ends meaning "nothing."
    Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    "I ought to know better, but I know naught about the difference between aught and nought" is a sentence sure to make more than one head spin. Continue reading...

  8. Vocabulary Shout-Out

    Brilliant Chutzpah: A Job Seeker's Love Letter to Words
    "Letters of Note" brings this gem to light
    Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    When Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Pirosh was first looking for a job at a Hollywood studio in 1934, he penned the following vocabulary-rich missive, which we found featured on the blog and book, Letters of Note. Continue reading...

  9. Blog Excerpts

    Happy National Punctuation Day!
    Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014

    Did you know today is National Punctuation Day? Celebrate with some of our punctuation-related articles from the past...

    · Exclamation Nation

    · Learning to Love the Semicolon

    · "Punctuation Hero" or Vandal?

    · What's Your Favorite Punctuation Mark?

    · Throwing Light on Shady Characters

    · The Problem with Punctuation: Some Classroom Findings

    Continue reading...

  10. Word Routes

    The Peculiar Journey of "Orange"
    Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
    In the latest installment of the Slate podcast Lexicon Valley, I take on a word that every child knows, orange, and reveal its hidden history. It's a remarkably well-traveled word, and its travels tell us a great deal about the cultural history of many of the world's great civilizations. Continue reading...
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