Top 10 Decimations Of The English Language

from LISTVERSE 10 Refute “Refute” means to “disprove with evidence” and yet it’s commonly used, even by professional writers, to mean “rebut” which carries a similar meaning but isn’t quite so strong, as it can also mean “argue against.” The example here (“Simon...

That’s Gatsby With A Small “j”

from BOOKTRYST The $175,000 Dust Jacket Comes to Auction by Stephen J. Gertz Sotheby’s Oct. 10, 2011. Est. $150,000-$180,000.  The incredibly rare and desirable dust jacket to the first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is coming to auction...