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“I THINK, THEREFORE I EDIT.” 

—A popular pencil embosser at an editors conference, in Mary Norris, “Dropped Hyphens, Split Infinitives and Other Thrilling Moments at the 2019 American Copy Editors Society Conference,” The New Yorker, April 2, 2019.

• Editorial Comment: Stay sharp today.

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard