Monthly Archives: September 2008

agrochemical

Posted on September 8, 2008 | Leave a comment

A pungent, acrid, not altogether pleasing word. Continue reading →

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why use terms the reader might not be familiar with

Posted on September 5, 2008 | Leave a comment

If your author refers to something as being like, say, the Litany of the Saints in a Catholic mass, should you, out of concern for the possible opacity of the reference for some readers, replace it with a more general reference such as to “a litany in a Christian mass or liturgy”? Continue reading →

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