Words with the suffix “–nym” pop up regularly. Some are common, but many of the 46 words with this suffix are not. “Nym” derives from the Greek word for “name” or “word.”
Theda C. Snyder - September 12, 2022Get to the Point | The error that seems increasingly common is “much adieu.” That should be “much ado.”
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Nika Kabiri - June 22, 2022Jay Harrington | Let's face it, many legal blog posts are easy to ignore. Here's a structure for writing posts that are simple, skimmable — and readable.
Jay Harrington - June 21, 2022Do your presentations suffer from "hanging fragmentitis"? When you hear yourself starting sentences over, help yourself bring that sentence to an end by doing three things.
Marsha Hunter - June 18, 2022Get to the Point! Don’t you hate it when something comes out of your mouth that makes your listener hesitate or give you a funny look?
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