"If you could add or delete one word to the dictionary, what would it be, and why?"
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Darren L. Braham – Ropes & Gray LLP
"It's actually a phrase, I'd delete. 'Green-thumbed.' In England (where I am originally from), the phrase is 'Green-fingered', and I've always wondered how the change of digit came about!"
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Elizabeth N. Mulvey – Crowe & Mulvey LLP
"I would add 'precise,' v., meaning 'to sharpen or make precise.' There is a French verb, préciser, with this meaning, and I've always thought we needed one. If you're speaking about precision, you ought to be able to accomplish it with one word."
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Wm. Shaw McDermott – K&L Gates
"I would delete 'condign.' I always think it means one thing, when it clearly means another, and I always have to resort to the dictionary to relieve the confusion."
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