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CowperKettle

03:05

Word of the day: bombardman (one who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard)

CowperKettle

03:18

@JasperLoy I'm very sorry to hear that

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CowperKettle

07:53

Phrase of the day: and death ere long closes the scene (Alfred Hitchcock, 1842)

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SmokeDetector

09:17

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted website in answer, pattern-matching website in answer, potentially bad ns for domain in answer (173): What is the filling of the stapler called in English? (picture attached) by Allison Damien on ell.SE

CowperKettle

Word of the minute: to decant (science fiction) To remove a clone from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.

O_o

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CowperKettle

10:35

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Anonymous

12:38

Words of the millifortnight: desirable difficulty

CowperKettle

14:08

undesirable ease, or "unease"

Jasper Loy

desirable ease, or disease, lol

CowperKettle

14:30

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disastrous ease is "disease"

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New Meta Question

17:23

Q: How far does one go when copyediting?

I was editing a few questions but was cautious as to how strongly I should correct orthographic mistakes? I went with the strategy of adjusting the endings of individual words to better capture the meaning of the sentences so to avoid confusion. Is this the right approach? Should one correct th...