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"500 Days of Summer" was OK, but I really loved reading @ebertchicago applauding those who omit the parentheses. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps...

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"500 Days of Summer" was OK, but I really loved reading @ebertchicagoapplauding those who omit the parentheses. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps...

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I'm still changing "downplayed" to "played down," but that strikes me as a "Mad Men"-era bugaboo.

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Remember when colleges had football teams and basketball teams? Now they have "programs."

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Yes, it is a new decade. http://theslot.blogspot.com/2010...

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Happy New Decade! - http://theslot.blogspot.com/2010...

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Does everything have to "launch"? Nothing "starts" or "begins" anymore?

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Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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Frankly, My Dear: "Gone with the Wind" Revisited (Icons of America) - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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Garner's Modern American Usage - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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The Feckin' Book of Everything Irish: That'll Have Ye Effin' An' Blindin' Wojus Slang,… - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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Columbine - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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Cooking for Two: Perfect Meals for Pairs - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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Off Ramp: Adventures and Heartache in the American Elsewhere - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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The Veselka Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Landmark Restaurant in New York's East Village - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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Fine Cooking Annual, Volume 2: A Year of Great Recipes, Tips & Techniques - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s - http://www.librarything.com/work...

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@trudishaffer I remember a long ago children's book about Tracy Austin, in which young Tracy defeats the legendary Christ Evert.

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@waynema I think it'll usually be clear when it's "replaced by" and when it's "replaced with." Do you have an example that seems tricky?

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"A simple majority of 51 percent." Um, no.

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@dmargulis It's a little thing, but I like to preserve the distinction between the profession and the role. This lawyer is my attorney.

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@dmargulis Attorney? You mean lawyer :-). I'm pretty sure there's a basis in *law* between a killing that's a murder and one that isn't.

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@dmargulis Yes, there is common usage and there is journalistic precision. And the words "killing," "slaying" and "homicide" are available.

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@dmargulis There's a continuum of writing, but journalism has to go with legal . Your "murder" victim may have been killed in self-defense.

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@dmargulis You can scream bloody murder, read murder mysteries and hear of "murders" on TV, but precise writers don't misuse the legal term.

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@dmargulis Coroners don't distinguish justifiable vs. murder vs. manslaughter. They do homicide vs. suicide vs. accident vs. natural causes.

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Murders are homicides that result in murder convictions. The deaths in FBI statistics and such are, for lack of a better term, "homicides."

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Yes, I still draw a distinction between a laptop computer and a laptop. Don't come crying to me when your grandson busts your new Sony Vaio.

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If I know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen, how on Earth would I not recall the most famous reindeer of all?

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