Very smart essay by the redoubtable Maud Newton.

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   and, uh, consider it a kind of mea culpa on behalf of this blog?

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    “Authority and American Usage” = One of the best of the many great things about Consider the Lobster.

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    I am not a reader of DFW (the author, not the airport, you idiot), and I found this article

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    Reblogging so I remember to finish reading…

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    Maud Newton nails what has bothered me for years without quite knowing what it was or where it came from.

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    I am provoked by this Maud Newton essay, but probably not persuaded. I think the tracing of certain internet...

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