04 — Letters · p. 072

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Re: In Defence of the Ragged Right, Nº 13

Your defence of the ragged right was itself fully justified — the column, I mean. Set your apologies the way you set your convictions, or do not print them.

Henrik Dalgaard, Copenhagen

He is right. Nº 14, page 060, is ragged. — Ed.

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Re: The 12-Column Lie, Nº 14 preview

I run a forty-person product team and I have forwarded Achermann’s grid audit to all of them, twice. The second time was a threat. Thank you for giving arithmetic its dignity back.

Priya Raman, Bengaluru

Forwarding twice is the correct cadence. — Ed.

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Re: Red, generally

You used red twice on page 41 of Nº 13. Twice. I have read your house rules. I expect a correction, or at minimum a confession.

Marco Trentini, Milan

We counted. One of the two was a folio, which is a number, which is permitted. The other was a lapse. We regret the lapse. — Ed.

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