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Correction of faulty grammar & commentary on bombastic rhetoric found over the media
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- Semantics and the market (5)
- objective and subjective case pronouns (5)
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- Mediocre Metaphor Fresh Turn of Phrase (3)
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- objective case pronouns (3)
- similies and metaphors (3)
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- "thing" usage (2)
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- Using metaphors to devalue nature and animals (1)
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- confused diction: infer/imply (1)
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- semantics and suicide (1)
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