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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Do superlatives do lasting damage?
Here’s a fascinating look at the Use of Superlatives in Cancer Research stories published in the JAMA Oncology. Reporters, take care. Consumers, beware.
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NYTimes piece points out sneaky and pernicious use of passive voice
This New York Times op-ed piece, A Texas History Lesson, by Ellen Bresler Rockmore, a lecturer in the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric at Dartmouth, exposes how some Texas history books blunt the cruelty and ugliness of slavery. Well worth … Continue reading
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A Clearing for Communication 