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Quote card: From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression.

“From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression.”

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 1.10 (George Long translation). He goes on: but to slip in the right expression himself, tactfully.

Correcting a trainee? Show the right way quietly rather than pointing out the wrong one in front of everyone.

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