How do you know who wrote it?

People – some people, anyway, I guess not all people – are abuzz about the anonymous op-ed printed in The New York Times by a senior White House person. Naturally, people want to know who the author is! But how can they know? One way some people are trying is through looking at word choice. It wouldn’t be the first time choice of words has seemed to unmask an anonymous author or a forger. But does it work? Read my latest article for The Week:

The delicate art of using linguistics to identify an anonymous author

 

One response to “How do you know who wrote it?

  1. Thank you. I found that to be interesting.

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