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Could? Do better. Destroy the king of the Zombie Words

What words would you put in your writers’ Room 101? Are you an exponent of the “said is dead” campaign? Would you ban all adverbs, ruthlessly? My leading candidate for the dictionary naughty corner is “could”. It seems harmless. I even put it in the title of this post, but as a former print editor, […]