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senseandsensibility

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6. As a former English teacher
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:59 PM
Sunday

I do notice and inwardly object to certain usages, misspellings, etc. But I am able to ignore them because I realize that being a DUer is not the same as being a teacher. In addition, I actually enjoy casual and perhaps colloquial language. It makes posts more interesting. Usually such transgressions don't obscure the meaning of the post anyway. And, as many a college professor has reminded me, meaning is the purpose of language.

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