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A brush too many with 'more importantly'

A writer's tic leads the Monitor's language columnist to a little research on 'sentence adverbs.'
The unlovely ‘fact that’ and its redundant kin

The Monitor’s language columnist considers whether some ‘facts’ are really necessary.
In praise of the plain vanilla verb 'to say'

The Monitor's language columnist discovers helpful guidance on the words that help you attribute words to people.
Mighty oaks from little eggcorns grow

The Monitor's language columnist considers ways that words go wrong in the hands of human beings.

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