Our Sponsors  Clip Art   Printable Version Pronunciation: nain-
ê-le-vên Hear it!  Part of Speech: Noun  Meaning: The terrorist
attack on the World Trade Center in New York in which 2,993
people from 90 nations perished on September 11, 2001.
Terrorists also struck the Pentagon in Washington but failed to
reach one other unknown target on the same day.  Notes: Today is
the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on US soil in US
history. We thought it fitting to point out that the date of
that attack has become a proper noun in the English language and
a proper lexical memorial for all those who perished in that
tragic catastrophe, a memorial of the human mind.  In Play:
Today's very Good Word is usually written with numerical
symbols, 9/11, just as nine is usually written 9. But this date
has become a regular proper noun in the English vocabulary, so
it is time we spelled it out. Since it is a proper noun, with no
plural because it refers to one specific event, it must be
capitalized.  Word History: US Engl