If you don't want twisted stitches make sure you're wrapping the purl the "wrong" way by going under instead of over in stockinette.
I intentionally wrap my purls "wrong" creating twisted stitches when I do ribbing in the round. It creates beautiful tight ribbing. You can only tell when you look at the back of the work that one stitch is twisted.
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