{"id":83,"date":"2017-11-07T20:45:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T04:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obviouseditor.com\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2023-08-22T21:16:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T04:16:05","slug":"words","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/informalenglish.com\/go\/words\/","title":{"rendered":"Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the idle offices of <em>informal english<\/em> we deliberate endlessly, over the most informal of words and phrases, <span class=\"lightness\">particularly words that are\u00a0<a href=\"\/go\/category\/stress\/\">improperly stressed<\/a><\/span><span class=\"lightness\"> and phrases that are commonly <a href=\"\/go\/category\/misconstrued\/\">misconstrued<\/a><\/span>. 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