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Having studied languages, linguistics
and computing, Dom Glennon now works as a systems developer
for Cambridge Dictionaries. Each month, he calculates and comments
on the top 20 most viewed entries on Cambridge Dictionaries Online.
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advice slips to second place, so effect is our very seasonal Christmas number 1, while 787 old Scrooges made cynic our highest new entry. affect and effect are probably the most confused, and confusing, words in the English language; if you're feeling confused, here's a Common Learner Error panel from the forthcoming Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary to help you.
After evade and elude last month, another pair of near-synonyms, repel and repulse, both enter this month's top 20. What can it all mean?
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