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The Outstater: Conventions and Why Words Matter

August 29, 2012 by cladwig

As an old editor I concede that you can be too picayunish about words. It no longer makes any difference whether you write auto or motorcar, to pick an example from my vintage stylebook. But some words (liberty, God, Jerusalem, heroism, compassion) matter to some more than others. When they lose their meaning, people lose parts of themselves. Dr. … Read more

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