October 10, 2015

Look Homeward, Grammarian

Though bad writing has always been with us, the rules of correct usage are the smallest part of the problem. Any competent copy editor can turn a passage that is turgid, opaque, and filled with grammatical errors into a passage that is turgid, opaque, and free of grammatical errors.

—Steven Pinker The Guardian October 6, 2015

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