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A Language Point

The headline over a story in Slate by the poetically named Lili Loofbourow reads: “What It Means to Evacuate.” What it means to evacuate is not the same as what it means to be evacuated, though one might reasonably expect to do either or both in the face of a California wildfire.

 

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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