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‘New York’ Mag & the Cruel Double Meaning of ‘Biweekly’
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The news that ‘New York’ will publish biweekly is a sad day for publishing. It’s also a sad day for English—‘biweekly’ means two very different things, and the confusion isn’t new.
Jesse Sheidlower
Published
Dec. 2 2013
4:25PM EST
Jesse Sheidlower
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