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Maltese Cross Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you

Dan links to one of the strangest, grammatically-correct sentences I’ve seen: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. I’m sure the meaning is perfectly clear. Well, there are three different uses of the word buffalo in that sentence, namely:… Read More »
Paul Brians, a professor of English at Washington State University, wrote the book on Common Errors in English Usage. He also maintains a website that contains the contents of the book, featuring hundreds of common misuses of English. It’s a… Read More »

Maltese Cross Arts & Letters Daily

It’s been a long time since we’ve linked to Arts & Letters Daily, but thought it needed pointing out that if you’re looking for an edited selection of links to a whole bevy of articles, A&L Daily is the place… Read More »
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