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Laura Moyer is a compulsive copy editor who reads the AP Stylebook for fun.

The Red Pen archives:

My lance is free


Battling the but-comma


The wishes of the grieving


(Almost) all over but the voting


From Time …


Not quite a picture of perfection


A clergyman, a Motown group and a ruffed grouse walk into a bar …


“Went missing” is here to stay


A linguist responds: Guest column from Daniel Midgley


Rx: No B.S.


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