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The Art of Imprecation and Linguistic Spite
A complainant grills a newspaper columnist over grammar and insult, arguing that “none” is singular and mocking the author’s prose. The piece cites Dorothy Parker, Mary McCarthy, Winston Churchill, and Lord Macaulay as examples of sharp wit, urging readers to send dated usage citations to Kilpatrick.
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