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Language: Ever-Changing Tool of Communication
Writers, editors, teachers, dictionary-makers and grammarians have been complaining about changes in the English language for hundreds of years.
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Ignoring important words can distort meaning and intention of things people say
The importance of accuracy when quoting speakers is a basic lesson. . . >MORE

Notes on common writing errors not covered or insufficiently emphasized by the Associated Press Stylebook
Many of the errors cited here have begun to appear frequently in advertising copy, bureaucratic writing and even in the writing of many journalists but have not yet shown up in academic writing enough to attract the attention of the people who write and edit handbooks of English usage.
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