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Glamorous grammar

biblonia
Sep 23, 2019
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The word 'glamour' may be the most glamorous misspelling in the history of the English language. Its origin is an alteration of the word 'grammar' in the medieval sense of grammar as the science/language of magic and the occult.

Glamour, grammar, let's be grammorous about it. It's a kind of magic.

To be glamorous is to be enchanting, in a way that matter …

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