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ABUT works. ABUTTAL too obscure. Hey @SpellingBeeNYT - how about a new curatorial standard: word forms of acceptable words also count ?#hivemind #knowyourcommunity #hairsplittingisweird
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And don’t let “too obscure” become “unheard of where I come from”: that’s thick fog! #hivemind #openthehive dictionary.com/browse/tule

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MILT too obscure? Not to seamen. It’s the semen of a salmon! #hivemind
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CONDOLE & CONDOLED barred yesterday. PRIAPIC welcomed today. A game ruled by whim, not reason. Rewarding guesswork, not insight! #hivemind
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Wordle 221 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
@barbara_res @GraymalkinMedia Copy-edit missed grammar flub in subtitle! Subject-verb agreement problem. “Tower of Lies: What My Eighteen Years of Working With Donald Trump Reveals About Him“: “Years ... Reveal” not “Years ... Reveals.” Oops! Too late to fix?
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E.g., we’d say “Trump’s years as president were wasted,” not “Trump’s years as president was wasted.”
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Root word of secretary is secret. Hiding, obscuring ... not reporting. nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opini…

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Replying to @politico
@politico Trump landslide piece 2day starts w a thud grammatically: “He’s engaged in bitter Twitter wars and facing metastasizing investigations.” He has or he is? Makes the split predicate collapse. @morningmoneyben @POLITICO_Steve @Reddy #contractionsdiscouraged #copyeditfail
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Example of the has/is problem: “Ben’s written economics articles and working on a novel.”
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Why now?
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Is it just me or is Tiger under clubbing every approach? #TheOpen
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Thanks BofA, I want reminders from @BankofAmerica before every episode of #VietnamWarPBS! cards.twitter.com/cards/3dzb…

Hey @NBCSAuthentic --> watch those abbreviations! Webmaster - your URL for #SayHeyTuesday looks like SHT 💩 #readthatacronym
Advice and Consent of the Senate (not Ensnare and Prevent). #Scalia
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Some SCOTUS justices starting terms in prez-election yrs (post-'30): Brandeis,Cardozo,Brennan,Powell, Rehnquist,Kennedy. It HAPPENS. #Scalia
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