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Letter from the Editor: Readers sound off on language choices


Letter from the Editor: Readers sound off on language choices
Posted May 09, 2021
Language choices are often a matter of accuracy, respect, or acknowledgment of social change. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) APAP
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A few weeks back, I wrote about the changing language and our changes in word usage. I asked for your pet peeves and I got an earful. Here is a sampling:
Reader: I enjoyed reading your column on language usage, change and how journalism reflects that. One of my pet peeves is the use of the phrase “commit suicide.” I hope your guide and style guides everywhere eschew this judgmental usage that condemns those souls so lost that they choose to end it all. – Margaret ....

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