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#TutorialTuesday

The first printed use of #bitethebullet may be in an 18th #century #dictionary.

Under the definition of a #nightingale: while under discipline a soldier avoids crying out, or "singing", by chewing on a bullet.

#history
#idioms

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Contrary to #popularbelief, the phrase "to bite the bullet" does not seem to have an #origin on the #battlefield.

It likely refers to bullets bitten down on by #soldiers to avoid crying out as they #endure a #flogging. 🥴

#idioms
#history
#bitethebullet
#TutorialTuesday

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#MechanicsMonday

To signify a #percent or #percentage, it's appropriate to use figures for amounts less than 10: 1 percent; 4 percentage points.

(It's an #exception to the rule to #spell out #numerals from one to nine.)

#language
#grammar
#punctuation
#AssociatedPressStylebook

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#MechanicsMonday

A #symbol that often sees #misuse is the percent #sign; avoid its use for most purposes.

Percent should be #spelled out as one #word.

#percent
#language
#grammar
#punctuation
#usethisnotthat

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#Finally! It's #Friday!

If it's #safe to do so, we hope your #pooch is joining you at #work today to #celebrate #NationalTakeYourDogToWorkDay. 🤗

#happy
#TYDTWD
#FinallyFriday

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Oh, you #crazy #ampersand!

#27

#punctuation
#language
#history

#think
#thought
#ponder
#topicoftheday
#ThursdayThoughts

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#ThursdayThoughts

Alright, this one is #kindacrazy.

Remember this week's #MechanicsMonday tweet?

Well, as it turns out,...!

#wow
#whoknew?
#mindblown

#27
#ampersand

#think
#thought
#ponder
#topicoftheday

What Character Was Removed from the Alphabet? https://t.co/0rqQ9Ugp8Y

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#WednesdayWordoftheWeek

A few #synonyms for #smutch, our #WednesdayWord, include soot, smut, grime and dirt.

#words
#language
#wordnerd
#vocabulary

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#WednesdayWordoftheWeek

Our #vocabulary #word for this week is smutch (pronounced smuch). To make dirty, or smudge, #smutch is a useful word to know when a #poorhotelreview is #necessary. 😠

#words
#language
#wordnerd
#WednesdayWord

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#TutorialTuesday
#titfortat

If (quoth the butterflie) the flies do here pike [pick]:
That quarell to spiders, in customes vsacion [usage].
That is tit for tat, in this altricacion [altercation].
-- John Heywood, "The Spider and the Flie" (1556)

#poem
#history
#literature

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#TutorialTuesday
#idioms

Apparently, the first recognized use of #titfortat in print is found in "The Spider and the Flie" by John Heywood. The 1556 #poem is an #allegory about the #bloodybattle between #Catholics and #Protestants on the #English throne.

#history
#literature

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#TutorialTuesday

Today we #explore the #origin of the idiom tit for tat.

The phrase seems to #derive from tip for tap, or #blowforblow.

Both tip and tap have a #history as #synonyms for a light blow.

#vocabulary
#titfortat
#idioms

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Don't use an #ampersand in place of the word "and" unless part of a formal name or composition title: #Procter&Gamble.

A few #exceptions include #B&B and #R&B.

#Hmmm. What's up with THAT, #twitter?!

#punctuation
#language
#grammar
#MechanicsMonday
#AssociatedPressStylebook

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#MechanicsMonday

#Hey! Where've we been? Did you miss us?!

We had the #vacay thing goin' on. 💁‍♂️ #Buuut, we made it #backtowork. #yay #heavysigh

Alright...where did we leave off? Oh yes: the #ampersand.

#punctuation

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#MechanicsMonday Yes, that #symbol has a name...and it's #ampersand. #punctuation #grammar #language

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#FinallyFriday
#Finally
#Friday

It's #NationalSaySomethingNiceDay...did you do a kindness #today? It's #nottoolate! 😘

#SamanthaBee
#RosanneBarr
#KathyGriffin

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#FinallyFriday

#Finally! It's #Friday! Make your #feet #happy: it's #NationalGoBarefootDay.

#philanthropy
#awareness

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#finally
#Friday
#FinallyFriday

#woohoo! It's #NationalDoughnutDay!!!

(Oh, alright. For those out there who are #spelling-challenged, #happy #NationalDonutDay. 🙄)

#AssociatedPressStylebook
#doughnut
#celebrate
#donut
#food

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#topicoftheday

Webster's New World College Dictionary (fifth edition) has a notation for "home in" under the #home entry, but it doesn't have a footnote for "hone in" under the #hone entry. #debatesettled

#think
#thought
#ponder
#ThursdayThoughts

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#ThursdayThoughts
#topicoftheday

The authors of the article in our previous #tweet make an #argument for the #phrase "#home in" versus "#hone in".

Do you #agree or #disagree?

#Please vote!

#think
#thought
#ponder