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The Thing Your First-Grade English Teacher Missed That You Should Definitely Know

Language is not made of reinforced steel and concrete, and that’s what makes it beautiful! It ebbs and flows and flexes to meet our needs. That flexibility is how we end up with “google” as a verb and “selfie” as a noun. At 2:40, he discusses a welcome change that happened quite a long time…

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