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The revenge of the sub
While I was adding my no-doubt unwanted and ill-advised editorial notes to Dan's last post I got carried away. I thought I'd continue in a new post to reduce the wrath.This isn't the first time Coren has done this type of thing. His previous victim ...
The holy Coren
This quite magnificent email was sent by British restaurant critic Giles Coren to the newspaper he writes for. It doesn’t seem in the least petty to me.[In a highly satirical editor's note that will no doubt leave Dan foaming at the mouth, Coren-style mad, I'd like ...
Jeff gets grammatical
Check out Jeff Jarvis, he of 'Dell Hell' fame, chastising the Times for a redundant word. They say that each page will have “somewhat fewer words,” which is really bad editing; there are either fewer words or there aren’t; “somewhat” is meaningless and a grammatical waste of ...
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