It seems that pedantry is gaining support in powerful places. If you read
this guide from Google on how it ranks sites on the web, it becomes clear that attention to detail, that mainstay of a copy editor's life, is an important ingredient in gaining Google's respect.
Indeed, that's quite pleasing to read from Google. "Does this article have spelling, stylistic, or factual errors?" in fourth place, just behind "Would you be comfortable giving your credit card information to this site?" which is probably only as it should be.
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