All three of these conjunctive adverbs are used to indicate that you have something more to say than what you’ve just said. They are a little like conversational traffic signs that say…
Vocabulary
About the Word(s) of the Day
Every weekday we feature two words: Word of the Day and Academic Vocabulary of the Day. The rationale and target audience for each is different. Academic Vocabulary of the Day is aimed at…
averse vs. adverse
It’s not a shocker that these two adjectives are frequently confused. They differ in spelling only by a letter, and they both mean, broadly speaking, “opposed to.” Digging deeper into their etymology…
Neologisms: what makes a new word sticky?
What does it take to invent a word that takes root in the American English language–at least for a while? Ralph Keyes suggests that necessity (new things demand new names) and, on…