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designer can inject the most artistic flair. The word __mpersand_ didn__ come into being until the nineteenth century. At that time & was customarily taught as the twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet and pronounced __nd._ When schoolchildren recited their ABCs, they concluded with the words __nd, per se [i.e., by itself ], __nd.__ This eventually became corrupted to __mpersand._ The symbol is a favorite of law and
Ben Yagoda When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse
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designer can inject the most artistic flair. The word __mpersand_ didn__ come into being until the nineteenth century. At that time & was customarily taught as the twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet and pronounced __nd._ When schoolchildren recited their ABCs, they concluded with the words __nd, per se [i.e., by itself ], __nd.__ This eventually became corrupted to __mpersand._ The symbol is a favorite of law and
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When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse

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