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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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The Evolution of the Word Egregious

The word egregious comes from a Latin word whose root means flock as in a flock of birds. The OED speculates that the meaning started to switch because people started using the good sense of egregious ironically. Some people actually think the illogical phrase I could care less began the same way. But it's much more complicated than that.

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