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Captions were prone to more errors when offline, but translations often came out downright confusing, with both wrong words and baffling grammar.
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Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
Everybody wants to sound like her, but no one else can quite replicate the particular sonic grammar of her writing, which unfurls like an intimate dispatch from the blurry edge of sleep and wakefulness.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
But our understanding of pedantry, denoting the sticklerishness of academic specialists and grammar obsessives, is a relatively narrow one.
—Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Over time, Greg Evans has checked in with a number of questions about word choice, grammar, and punctuation.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
Everybody wants to sound like her, but no one else can quite replicate the particular sonic grammar of her writing, which unfurls like an intimate dispatch from the blurry edge of sleep and wakefulness.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
But our understanding of pedantry, denoting the sticklerishness of academic specialists and grammar obsessives, is a relatively narrow one.
—Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Over time, Greg Evans has checked in with a number of questions about word choice, grammar, and punctuation.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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While elements of his defensive flaws are overplayed, Tuchel has clearly felt that his negatives outweigh the positives.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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The rooms While the furnishings largely remained the same during the renovation work, the fabrics and artistic elements have changed in recent years.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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