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Mar 28, 2016 Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam

ON WRITING: IS (BORING) ‘SAID’ THE BEST OPTION EVERY TIME IN YOUR SPEECH TAG?

I am not with the writers who argue for said as the best choice, no matter what. I believe there

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