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OK, this is picky . . .
but please help me understand why law professor Christopher Peterson does not know that the correct word is "sleight," in "sleight of hand," and not "slight," as he has used in the title of his important paper. Is this an alternate use or form? Am I overlooking something?
I know, I know . . . picky, picky, picky. I'll go back to my corner with my little red pen now. (But, please, someone tell me that I'm not the only one who finds it disturbing when obviously intelligent and highly educated people misuse the English language in their formal published documents!)