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Ultimate Style. The Rules of Writing. Real Writers Need Rules.
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Altar vs. Alter
altar: table (n.)
• The priest laid the cloth on the altar.
alter: to change (v.)
• The tailor down the street alters Father Quinn’s cassocks for free.

 
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