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Did you ever edit a document for hours only to catch a typo right after you sent it? I imagine this was what happened when I read Do Headline Analyzers Actually Work or Are They Another Cheap Marketing Tool? (Avita, 2021) Her article about headline… Read More »How to Use Accessibility to Easily Level-Up Your Writing
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