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Where Have All the Proofreaders Gone?

By ROBERT McHENRY

"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should." Remember that? It was once one of the best-known, most-often-repeated advertising slogans in America. At one point in the course of its long life, it was even incorporated into a series of television commercials that turned on its shaky grammar.

No doubt inspired by real complaints from schoolteachers...

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