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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âGinning upâ wonât make you drunk
Spelling âforeignâ words
âSecularâ moves from the church to the state
Is it OK to omit the âofâ after âcoupleâ?
Describing an uproar with fun words
What the fire department doesnât tell you
The criminalization of a word
Pick your prefix: âdisâ or âunâ?
Avoiding âsuch asâ problems
What do you say when you call?
