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2020
Grammar and usage
capitulate, recapitulate
Capitulate and recapitulate are etymologically rooted in the Medieval Latin capitulatus, past participle of capitulare ‘to distinguish by heads or chapters,’ from Late Latin capitulum ‘chapter’ (diminutive of caput ‘head’).…
Andrew Goodall
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Grammar and usage
militate, mitigate
I recently made the mistake of writing “mitigate against” instead of “militate against”: this is a propitiatory post. Consolation is to be found in being in good company, as William…
Andrew Goodall
2 min read
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