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Watching time, the only true currency // A journal from John B. Roberts

Day: January 21, 2017

  • Gantlet

    I did a double-take when I saw today’s New York Times headline “A Big Step in Roger Federer’s Comeback, but a Gantlet Awaits Him” because I always thought the correct word is gauntlet. But I learned something new today, courtesy of Grammarist. Gantlet was the original spelling of the word referring to a form of…

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