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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Since is used as an adverb or a preposition to imply the same meaning as "after then" or "from" in a sentence. Sense is a noun meaning any method to gather data about an environment. Standard: I have known her since last year. Standard: My sense of smell is weak. Non-standard: I won't go sense I have no fuel. Non-standard: I can since your aura.

  3. Anti-genre - Wikipedia

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    By referencing a negation of itself in its own definition, anti-genre achieves a contradictory truth status (both true and false at the same time). This happens any time that the definition of the word in question (or interpretation of the sentence in question) is a denial of its own meaning. For example, The statement in this box is false.

  4. Google Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the "define" operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension. The dictionary content is licensed from Oxford University Press's Oxford Languages. [3]

  5. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    Through. An abbreviation mostly used in the fast food industry, as in Drive Thru. Also used in traffic signs ("Thru Traffic Keep Left"; i.e., traffic that is continuing through an interchange rather than exiting should keep to the left) and occasionally road names ("New York State Thruway") and sometimes in newspaper headlines.

  6. Evasion - Wikipedia

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    Evasion or evade may refer to: Evade, a 1960s board game in the 3M bookshelf game series; Évadé, the term given to French and Belgian nationals fleeing German-occupied Europe; Évasion, a Canadian French-language travel and adventure television channel; Évasion FM, a French local radio station; Evasion (ethics), a deceptive act

  7. List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia

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    A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of its use in "It's the ...

  8. Play Just Words Online for Free - AOL.com

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    Just Words. If you love Scrabble, you'll love the wonderful word game fun of Just Words. Play Just Words free online! By Masque Publishing

  9. Dictionary of American Regional English - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) is a record of American English as spoken in the United States, from its beginnings to the present. It differs from other dictionaries in that it does not document the standard language used throughout the country.