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Why ‘Useless Etymology’ gives you super powers, with Jess Zafarris

Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

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Why 'check' links back to chess

Jess traces multiple senses of check to chess (shah mat) and explains connections to exchequer and accounting checks.

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