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The Language Perfectionist: The Confusables are Back!

Friday, January 15, 2010

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It’s time once again to clarify common confusions among similar words. All of the following examples appeared in major newspapers or online articles. “The census counts military personal and federal employees living abroad, but no other citizens.” Of course, the word wanted here is not personal but personnel. “Cannon 2 of the Code of Conduct for United States [...]

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