Merrill Perlman managed copy desks across the newsroom at the New York Times, where she worked for twenty-five years. Follow her on Twitter at @meperl.
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All the ways we misspeak and write
More twisted idioms
When people misspell while talking
Unusual terms for not-so-unusual phenomena
Spelling malpractice
Verbs to use with neither/either
Orchestra pits
Using "nor" or not
Making big numbers more understandable
Keeping numbers simpler