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The birth of American English. How to recognize a phrasal verb. Cucka-nucka.

The birth of American English. How to recognize a phrasal verb. Cucka-nucka.

Released Tuesday, 2nd July 2024
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The birth of American English. How to recognize a phrasal verb. Cucka-nucka.

The birth of American English. How to recognize a phrasal verb. Cucka-nucka.

The birth of American English. How to recognize a phrasal verb. Cucka-nucka.

The birth of American English. How to recognize a phrasal verb. Cucka-nucka.

Tuesday, 2nd July 2024
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about writing, history, rules, and other cool

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stuff. Today, we're going to

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talk about the earliest origins of American English

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and about tricky phrasal verbs. With

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American Revolution affected the English language

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itself. After all, Noah

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Webster didn't take the U out of color and flavor

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just for the heck of it. He

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the linguistic independence of a new

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we get to Webster's validation of a

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