Good exposition is willing to say things that are a little bit wrong and fix them later, which is exactly what a crowd-sourced encyclopedia edits out.

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Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.

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