We’ve all been there: You’re about to write or say a word when you realize there are two forms and you don’t know which is correct. One of them is shorter, like dissociate, the other seems more ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The truck on the highway carrying dangerous chemicals usually carries a notice that its contents are “inflammable.” If the ...
A local library commissioner who’s a language-lover and a personal friend, recently professed curiosity about the confusing terms “flammable” and “inflammable,” and I muddied the water further by ...