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It's all about clarity. Grammar and language from editors at The Wichita (Kansas) Eagle.

 Wichita, Kansas
Joined October 2009
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Steve Case@JoeBugBuster4 Mar 2025
It's National #GrammarDay Are your participles dangling? #GrammarMatters
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘schadenfreude.’ ow.ly/TFh750V9rTR
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day March 4, 2025 'schadenfreude' noun | SHAH-dun-froy-duh "joy obtained from the troubles of others" Background Image: A person pointing and laughing

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day March 4, 2025 'schadenfreude' noun | SHAH-dun-froy-duh "joy obtained from the troubles of others" Background Image: A person pointing and laughing

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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘wanderlust.’ ow.ly/jMVc50UKjIF
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day January 23, 2025 'wanderlust' noun | WAHN-der-lust "a strong desire to travel" Background Image: a father and son on a roadtrip

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day January 23, 2025 'wanderlust' noun | WAHN-der-lust "a strong desire to travel" Background Image: a father and son on a roadtrip

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Sandra Boynton
@SandyBoynton24 Sep 2024
#PunctuationDay #punctuation
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘dicker.’ ow.ly/OAgg50SwfjZ
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day July 8, 2024 'dicker' verb | DIK-er "to bargain" Background Image: People haggling over merchandise

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day July 8, 2024 'dicker' verb | DIK-er "to bargain" Background Image: People haggling over merchandise

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APStylebook
@APStylebook3 Jul 2024
AP style uses the forms Fourth of July, July Fourth and Independence Day for the holiday on Thursday. apne.ws/95ufcFb
Planning on traveling for the Fourth of July holiday? Here's how to avoid the rush

Planning on traveling for the Fourth of July holiday? Here's how to avoid the rush

The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and the travel rush is already heating up. Millions of Americans are preparing to get out of town sometime in the coming holiday week.

apnews.com
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘insuperable.’ ow.ly/F6e950St6Cj
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day July 3, 2024 'insuperable' adjective | in-SOO-puh-ruh-bul "impossible to gain control of, solve, or overcome Background Image: A bird's-eye view of people walking.

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day July 3, 2024 'insuperable' adjective | in-SOO-puh-ruh-bul "impossible to gain control of, solve, or overcome Background Image: A bird's-eye view of people walking.

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champion | noun | a winner of first prize or first place in competition
Scripps National Spelling Bee (@ScrippsBee) profile pictureScripps National Spelling Bee@ScrippsBee31 May 2024
The 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion is #Speller47 Bruhat Soma with 29 correct words. A BEEdazzling effort in our second-ever Spell-off by #Speller47 Bruhat Soma and #Speller207 Faizan Zaki, who correctly spelled 20 words in the Spell-off. #spellingbee
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When someone texts ‘effect’ when they mean ‘affect.’
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘melee.’ ow.ly/PExx50RtFVu
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 1, 2024 'melee' noun | MAY-lay "a confused struggle or fight involving many people" Background Image: A fight

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 1, 2024 'melee' noun | MAY-lay "a confused struggle or fight involving many people" Background Image: A fight

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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘vicarious.’ ow.ly/IXSX50Rc9Cc
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 10, 2024 'vicarious' adjective | vye-KAIR-ee-us "experienced by way of someone else" Background Image: People cheering

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 10, 2024 'vicarious' adjective | vye-KAIR-ee-us "experienced by way of someone else" Background Image: People cheering

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syzygy | noun | the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘fatuous.’ ow.ly/IwCE50R7P9z
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 8, 2024 'fatuous' adjective | FATCH-oo-us "foolish or silly" Background Image: A cat wearing a slice of bread

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 8, 2024 'fatuous' adjective | FATCH-oo-us "foolish or silly" Background Image: A cat wearing a slice of bread

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'Lay' has been used intransitively in the sense of "lie" ('lay' down for a nap) since the 1300s. The practice was unremarked until around 1770; attempts to correct it have been a fixture of schoolbooks ever since. So for centuries, no one cared... then one day someone did.
Amanda (@AmandaPooleTV) profile pictureAmanda@AmandaPooleTV4 Apr 2024
Is it lying or laying? For those of you who missed @dawnstaley's opening statement today and need a laugh: @wachfox @GamecockWBB
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘meticulous.’ ow.ly/1hiI50R7NsL
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 5, 2024 'meticulous' adjective | muh-TIK-yuh-lus "a very careful in attending to details" Background Image: Someone working on a model truck

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 5, 2024 'meticulous' adjective | muh-TIK-yuh-lus "a very careful in attending to details" Background Image: Someone working on a model truck

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scroll | noun | a roll (as of papyrus, leather, or parchment) for writing a document First known use: 15th century scroll | verb | to move text or graphics up or down or across a display screen as if by unrolling a scroll First known use: 1973
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘flout.’ ow.ly/6cxN50R3gRO
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day March 28, 2024 'flout' verb | FLOUT "to treat with contemptuous disregard" Background Image: A person walking past and knocking over a safety cone

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day March 28, 2024 'flout' verb | FLOUT "to treat with contemptuous disregard" Background Image: A person walking past and knocking over a safety cone

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The #WordOfTheDay is Weltanschauung. ow.ly/evYe50QO1rH
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day March 8, 2024 'Weltanschauung' noun | VELT-ahn-show-ung ("ow as in "cow") "a comprehensive worldview" Background Image: Hands holding the Earth

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day March 8, 2024 'Weltanschauung' noun | VELT-ahn-show-ung ("ow as in "cow") "a comprehensive worldview" Background Image: Hands holding the Earth

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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘luminary.’ ow.ly/r4vm50QL4pO
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day March 5, 2024 'luminary' noun | LOO-muh-nair-ee "a very famous or successful person" Background Info: A woman holding a trophy

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day March 5, 2024 'luminary' noun | LOO-muh-nair-ee "a very famous or successful person" Background Info: A woman holding a trophy

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APStylebook
@APStylebook5 Mar 2024
A majority is more than half the votes cast; a plurality is the largest number of votes, but less than a majority.
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