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1. The author needs to learn the difference between "censure" and "censor"

Sat Aug 29, 2020, 02:31 PM

Aug 2020

To 'censor' means to remove, block, or interfere with the communication of another. To 'censure', on the other hand, means "to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy."

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/differences-between-censor-and-censure#:~:text=To%20'censor'%20means%20to%20remove,with%20and%20criticize%20as%20blameworthy.%22

I suspect that if he had been censured for his work, he would have received some kind of verbal or written reprimand.

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The author needs to learn the difference between "censure" and "censor" Glorfindel Aug 2020 #1

don't know that it matters to you, but... stillcool Aug 2020 #2