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Lyonizing Word: Let’s Go Spelunking

 Let’s Go Spelunking by Jack Lyon Spelunking is the recreational pastime of exploring caves. It’s a dark and dangerous hobby, an extreme sport for those who are confident in their ability to climb, navigate, and even swim (there’s usually water down there). I try to avoid such hazards, but I’m not afraid to explore some […]

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Lyonizing Word: Deleting Extraneous Carriage Returns in Footnotes and Endnotes

One mistake authors make is to insert extraneous carriage returns before or after a note. Why? Because they don’t like the positioning of the note on the page, which they’re trying to make “pretty,” not understanding the problems that will cause in editing and typesetting.

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