English has rules. Teachers insist on them. Exams depend on them. Grammar books list them carefully. And yet, English breaks its own rules all the time. Take pl ...

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The word “massacre” was removed, at the request of the Prime Minister’s Office, from the title of a bill establishing an annual commemoration of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, outraging bereaved ...