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a penumbra of an aura of a . . .
Falsehood flows from abuse of language. Take, for example, the word ‘deserve’. It’s a darling of advertisers. Give your pet the nutrition it deserves. Give yourself the confidence you deserve (cosmetic surgery ad). Now, it is true that your pet needs nutrition. It may also be true that you very much want to look different. [...]
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something never to say
Never say, ‘to be honest.’ You will not seem more honest. If it makes its host sentence seem trustworthy, it does so at a terrible price, for it tells everyone your word is generally untrustworthy. Or, to be more precise, it tells everyone that you suspect that they think you are untrustworthy. See how insecure [...]
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you have no excuse for poor vocab
Do not whine about people who use words that you do not know, words that say things that are too hard to say using small words. If you are reading this, you can go online. If you can go online, you can go to Wiktionary. If you can go to Wiktionary, you can look up [...]
fsi 2.1
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