Welcome to the fifth consecutive words-of-the-year post โ my way of saying goodbye to the previous year here on the blog.
English words of the year 2025
English words of the year 2024
Itโs something of a tradition here on the Grammaticus blog to start the New Year with a lexicographical recap of the previous year. If youโve missed it in the news, hereโs an overview of the words that marked the year 2024, chosen by the leading dictionary publishers from the English-speaking world.
Further or farther
Please email me for further information. To reach the post office, walk farther down the street. Further, fartherโฆ Whatโs the difference? Is it just two different spellings of the same word? The answer is yesโand no. Please read on for some explanation. Both โfurtherโ and โfartherโ are irregular comparative forms of the same adjective (and …
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