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some efforts were made to discourage the phrase rule of thumb, which was seen as taboo owing to this false origin. Patricia T. O'Conner, former editor of the New York Times Book Review, described it as "one of the most persistent myths of political correctness". During the 1990s, several authors wrote about the false etymology of rule of thumb, including English professor Henry Ansgar Kelly and conservative social critic

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