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Etymology (WORD ORIGINS) with Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist Podcast
Ologies with Alie Ward
Starting Essays With Excessive Use
Don't start essays with Webster's Dictionary defines excess. Don't do it, and also don't start anything with a private prejudice riff. A lot of the really attractive stories, unfortunately, are false because it's easier to make up a great story than to actually have one in life. I think we're still attached to the past, and have resisted attempts to make the language more logical.
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