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Slowly, The English Language Returns

By The Daily Dish

Feb 14 2010, 6:35 AM ET

A reader writes:

A few moments ago I heard an NPR reporter, with respect to the Biden/Cheney dust up, say that Dick Cheney opposed the dropping of the use of torture. I don't know the exact way he phrased it, but my jaw dropped when I heard him use the word torture.

Yes, one's jaw drops when plain English is used in the US media on this topic.



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