| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| is beginning slowly to recover from prodigious overuse in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in clichés such as a meaningful relationship, a meaningful discussion, and a meaningful dialogue. Let it convalesce; use pleasant, instructive, helpful, thought-provoking, or one of the dozens of other, more explicit adjectives available for describing the quality or nature of an experience or a communication. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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