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Title: At minimum annoying . . .
Review: It is annoying to read "experts" on writing who apparently lack self-critique as concerns their own writing. As example:"Kora in Hell: Improvisations (Boston: Four Seas, 1920) is a unique work for its time and place. . ."Try this:"Kora in Hell: Improvisations (Boston: Four Seas, 1920) is unique for its time and place."Now tell us why "place" is relevant, or delete "and place" from the sentence, though it would be better to strike any sentence which includes the word "unique," it being one of the most over- and misused words in the language.
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