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Wednesday, February 1, 2006

To Clench or To Clinch ... That Is the Question

The Grammar Guru has received a request to explain the difference between these two words, to settle a fellow-editor's dispute with her typesetter. Always glad to oblige --- we editors need to keep those uppity typesetters in their places. According to Fowler, clinch is a variant of clench that... Sign in to see full entry.

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