Language lessons

Do you know the difference between flaunt and flout? How about imply versus infer?

The answers to these and other knotty language traps are on display at the Columbia Journalism Review’s Language Corner.

Less practical and more fun is Paul McFedries’ The Word Spy, which is always worth a visit for anyone interested in lexpionage, which is defined as “the sleuthing of new words and phrases … that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources.”

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