we were assigned to answer the question "what letter was filed off of the typewriters at the Boston Herrald when Donald Murray started working there; would this work in Illinois; would this work in your own writing?" or something to that degree.
the answer is that the letter 'i' had been filed off of the typewriters. this was done in attempt to prevent the reporters from speaking in the first person. in illinios, this would work, but may become a problem since we would use the 'i' more often as the state begins with that letter. writing illinois chamber of comerce or illinois industrial incinerators incorporated would be more difficult. removing the 'i' from my personal keyboard would help me. it would be a reminder to not speak in the first person so often in my newswriting, as that is something that i struggle with.