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Editing bit: Don't use the word "located."
Just take that word out.
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Know the difference: In regard to vs. regards
To regard is to concern or be about. As a noun, it can mean esteem
Regards are affections or condolences
Ex: This is in regard to your last editing bit, which I hold in low regard.
Send my regards to Editorzilla for these great editing bits!
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Editing bit: "Everything from X to Y"
If you use this construction, ensure the "from" and the "to" are on opposite ends of a spectrum.
To just name stuff, use "including."
Ex: The restaurant serves everything from gourmet cuisine to hot dogs.
The menu includes Italian, French and Chinese dishes.

Know the difference: glutinous vs. gluttonous
Gluttonous is food greedy. The first part is pronounced "gluh."
Glutinous means glue-like, as in gummy or sticky. (You thought it meant full of gluten, didn't you? That would be "glutenous.") The first part is pronounced "glue."
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Know the difference: loathe vs. loath
Loathe is a verb. It means to hate.
Loath is an adjective. It means unwilling or reluctant because of the hate.
Ex: I loathe cilantro.
I am loath to return to restaurants where they have ignored my order and slathered my meal in cilantro.
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Editing bit: Beck and call
This means "available to you without advance notice."
It is not "beckon call," even though that seems to make sense, what with "beckon" meaning to call over.
The word "beck" has no semantic value nowadays, and only exists as part of this expression.
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Editing bit: Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day doesn't take a possessive or a plural.
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Know the difference: flaunt vs. flout
To flaunt is to show off.
To flout is to defy.
Ex: She flaunted her cake baking skills at the charity event.
He flouted the rule about wearing pants at the charity event.
Now, experts expect next year's charity event to sell out.
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Happy National Hot Chocolate Day!
Know the difference: hot chocolate vs. hot cocoa
Hot chocolate is made with melted chocolate
Hot cocoa is made with cocoa powder.
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Know the difference: arcane vs. archaic
Arcane refers to something that is known to only a choice few, something that is possibly mysterious or obscure.
Archaic refers to something that is outdated, antiquated or surviving from an earlier period.
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Editing bit: bear with me
Spell is "bear," not "bare."
It means "Don't bail on my project or argument."
Editor's note: If you are asking someone to join you in streaking, and you want them to stay with it all the way to the end of the event, you can spell "bear" however you want.
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Know the difference: wet vs. whet
To wet is to touch to liquid.
Whet means to stimulate.
Examples: Let’s go to the Dark Horse and wet our whistles (have a drink).
The photos of their burgers really whet my appetite (get that hunger cranking).
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Take breaks.
Take your time.
Let's take care of each other.
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.

This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

Vocabulary word: umbrageous
Umbrageous has two meanings.
The first means under a shadow, like the woods or a patio.
The second is to be indignant or outraged at the wrongness of something.
Example: Back in the old days when someone was umbrageous they would say, "Well I never!"
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Know the difference: let alone vs. if not
"Let alone" means "especially not."
"If not" means "even moreso."
Ex: They shouldn't be allowed to watch their own kids, let alone someone else's.
The newspaper owes it to their readers, if not the entire community.
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Editing bit: ever since
The word "ever" means at any time.
The word "every" means all of the individual members of a group.
To say that something happened from a certain point on, you say "ever since."
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Know the difference: peace vs. piece (of mind)
If something makes you feel like everything will be all right, it gives you peace of mind.
If you're mad as heck and picking up the phone to crack someone's butthole the other way, you're going to give him a piece of your mind.
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Know the difference: sleight vs. slight
Sleight of hand is an illusion. Sleight is dexterity used to deceive
A slight is an act or comment that is insulting. As an adj, it means thin
Ex: She wasn't invited, which was a slight.
I slipped her friend a slight invitation. I don't good sleight of hand.

Editing bit: ever since
The word "ever" means at any time.
The word "every" means all of the individual members of a group.
To say that something happened from a certain point on, you say "ever since."
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Editing bit: all of a sudden
The expression is not "all the sudden."
Example: One minute the ice cream was there and then all of a sudden it was gone.
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Know the difference: deep-seated vs. deep-seeded
"Deep-seated" means something is firmly established.
"Deep-seeded" means someone did not know how to spell “deep-seated.”
Example: He has a deep-seated hatred of Depeche Mode songs.
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Vocabulary word: diaspora
A diaspora is a scattered population whose origin lies within a smaller geographic locale.
It comes from the same Greek word as "dispersed."
Example: You will find CU alumni all over the world now. There is quite a diaspora of Buffaloes.
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Know the difference: that vs. which
'That' is for essential clauses & 'which' non-essential.
So if a clause is necessary, use 'that,' without a comma.
If the clause is an aside, use 'which' and a comma.
Ex: There’s the child that bit me.
He got on the floor, which is dirty, and bit me.
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Editing bit: Mx.
It's meant to replace Mr. or Mrs. as an option that doesn't show gender or marital status.
It has made its way into print periodically since 1977 but has recently grown more popular.
It's pronounced like "mix."
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I was there. It was August in 1992. The Colorado Symphony Orchestra was the backup band. Freaking magical.

Word Fact

Applejack

Jacking is a freeze distillation process.

*Traditionally* one makes Applejack by freezing hard Apple cider to the point that the water becomes ice but the alcohol is still liquid … and then removing the ice.

The jacking is repeated until desired result is achieved.