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Erin McKean
Words as tools
So much of the discussion about words focuses on whether a word is ‘real word’ or not, ignoring the important question: does this word do the job it’s supposed to do? How can we evaluate words of English for effectiveness? How would we provide writers and speakers with the right word-tool for the job, whatever that job may be?