Language Abuse: Don't say preemptory. Do Say peremptory. Comment: The old pre-/per- problem. Do not confuse this word with "preemptive;" the prefix here is per-.
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Language Abuse: Don't say mis'chievous. Do Say 'mischievous. Comment: It would be mischievous of me not to point out the frequent misplacement of the accent on this word. Remember, it is accented the same as mischief. Look out for the order of the
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