Glen M. Martin, “The Dislike Button” (New York Times Letter to the Editor, Mar. 13, 2011)
Finally, and perhaps most troubling for a high-school English teacher and lover of language, was Ben Zimmer’s announcement that this would be his final On Language column. Zimmer performed admirably in the unenviable task of replacing William Safire. In this time of rapid changes in the development of language — the redefinition of what is acceptable, the spectrum of global influences and so on — a column like this is essential.
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