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This is an addendum to my previous post, in which I gave President Abraham Lincoln most of the credit for the spare writing style used today in Twitter posts (I’ll never get used to calling them “tweets.”) and phone text messages.
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Some time ago, I was teaching a business writing skills class in New York City. I typically begin my classes talking about the power of language and good writing. I tell my students that words can change more than perceptions and behavior. They can change more than entertain and inform. Words, I tell them, can change the world.
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