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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Suit is a noun meaning an article of clothing; it is also a verb meaning to make/be appropriate. Suite is a noun meaning a set of things forming a series or set. [109] Standard: He got dressed in his new suit. Standard: Before leaving the hotel suite, she checked her lipstick in the mirror. Non-standard: That wall color will suite our apartment ...

  3. Opinion - America’s civic culture is battered but not broken

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    Strengthening civic culture is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. Let’s not wait for another crisis. Benjamin Klutsey is the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

  4. Wikipedia:Not broken is ugly - Wikipedia

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    Yet it often gets broken. Darned irony. So, let's look at an applied example. The name Noah Lennox, for example, is a redirect to Panda Bear (musician).

  5. Broken English - Wikipedia

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    Broken English is a term often used to describe non-standard, non-traditionally spoken or alternatively-written version of the English language.This term is often considered derogatory and has been used to invalidate non-standard or "low prestige" varieties of English, particularly those that arose in the context of colonialism or language contact between multiple distinct cultures.

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    on foot, walking – as in "The car's broken down, so it's shanks's pony I'm afraid". shan't A contraction of shall not, considered archaic in American English (US and UK also: "won't"). [150] Rarely used in Scotland. shirtlifter homosexual. shite (vulgar) variant of shit [151] shopping trolley

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  8. Malapropism - Wikipedia

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    A malapropism (/ ˈ m æ l ə p r ɒ p ɪ z əm /; also called a malaprop, acyrologia or Dogberryism) is the incorrect use of a word in place of a word with a similar sound, either unintentionally or for comedic effect, resulting in a nonsensical, often humorous utterance.

  9. Flogging a dead horse - Wikipedia

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    The expression is said to have been popularized by the English politician and orator John Bright.Speaking in the House of Commons in March 1859 on Bright's efforts to promote parliamentary reform, Lord Elcho remarked that Bright had not been "satisfied with the results of his winter campaign" and that "a saying was attributed to him [Bright] that he [had] found he was 'flogging a dead horse'."