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Brewer's: Garble
(g hard) properly means to sift out the refuse. Thus, by the statute of 1 James I. 19, a penalty is imposed on the sale of drugs not garbled. We now use the word to express a mutilated…Book Nine
Book Nine He who acts unjustly acts impiously. For since the universal nature has made rational animals for the sake of one another to help one another according to their deserts, but in…Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Search Brewer's Dictionary Browse Articles A B C D E F G H I J K L MN O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ebenezer Cobham Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable is…Brewer's: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Search Brewer's Dictionary Browse Articles A B C D E F G H I J K L MN O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ebenezer Cobham Brewer…International Women's Day
March 8th commemorates women's rights and peace The United Nations' theme for International Women's Day in 2017 is "Be Bold for Change." Related Links Biographies of Notable Women…Punctuation: The Comma: A Major Player
The Comma: A Major PlayerPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the PeriodThe…Wedding Lore and Traditions
Traditions around tying the knot Marriage Statistics Median Age at First Marriage Marriages and Divorces Marriage Rates for Selected Countries Related Statistics Related Links Wedding Quotations…Brewer's: Ventre-saint-Gris!
The usual oath of Henri IV. About equal to “Corpus Christi.” A similar juron is “Par le ventre de Dieu ” (Ventre-dieu! or Ventrebleu!). Cris for Christ is familiarised by our common phrase…Punctuation: Not Separated at Birth: The Dash and the Hyphen (and Let's Add the Ellipsis for Fun)
Not Separated at Birth: The Dash and the Hyphen (and Let's Add the Ellipsis for Fun)PunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major…Grammar Song: An Explanation of Punctuation
Listen to this grammar song to get an explanation of three forms of punctuation: commas, quotations, and parentheses.Trending
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