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Book bans are pretty much the worst, and when it comes to the worst of the worst, the 111-page Moms for Liberty BOOK of BOOKS document, which claims to provide parental guidance for controversial children’s books, is beneath the barrel’s bottom, somewhere deep in the sewer, under a layer of crust formed by many, many flushed turds.

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March 4th is National Grammar Day, but the only people who probably know that are teachers, English professors, and devout grammar enthusiast's. Still, grammar is becoming more and more important in our technologically connected world. More and more, we communicate through text, and being able to articulate what you want to say clearly and precisely is more necessary than ever. To help you polish you skills and put any self-professed grammar snob to shame, here are nine grammar books you’ll actually enjoy reading.

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Quoting and paraphrasing are common in writing disciplines such as journalism and academia, but plagiarism is anathema, punishable by excommunication. While endemic to the creative practices of hip-hop, the practice of interpolation is also hotly debated. The orthodox rule there was no biting, but if you can take what someone else wrote and make it better, that’s worthy of respect.