Today’s vocab lesson: “interment” (burial) vs “internment” (confinement). Seen a lot of very smart people confuse those lately. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today’s vocab lesson: “interment” (burial) vs “internment” (confinement). 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