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Laura Moyer is a compulsive copy editor who reads the AP Stylebook for fun.
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Because, you know, there are so many good ones

Two men were shot with the same gun during a drug deal that went bad Wednesday night in the Spotsylvania Towne Centre parking lot, police said.

Not to dis my fellow journalists, but I always smile when I read about “a drug deal that went bad” (or, as the TVcasters like to say, “a drug deal gone bad,” like it’s a turkey sandwich or something).

Let’s see: A couple of armed people go someplace to transact business involving illegal drugs. No one gets hurt.

That’s good?

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