As most of you know, I cherish verbal bloopers — the sillier the better. But whenever someone sends me a mistake that appeared in an obituary, I don't use it in my column.

The notion of ridiculing a verbal error in such a context seems heartless, especially when such tributes are often composed in haste by grieving people. And, besides, I believe in ghosts.

But, because many of us will be called upon to write an obituary or tribute for a relative or friend at some point, i ...

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