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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Defining the terms of employment
Why one transition should disappear
How two words become one
It’s arguably not worth it
Happy fiftieth birthday, Strunk & White
Why the ‘serial comma’ isn’t important
The search for the true meaning
Is “full of hope” full of it?
Is everyone who loses a job “fired”?
A long-term lease on a made-up word
