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Gifts of Gab for Grad or Dad
If there's a grad or dad on your giving list this June, consider one of these new books about words.
In "Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words" (Avery, $28), esteemed linguist John McWhorter tracks the escapades of English pronouns through the centuries and explains how these wriggling rascals lie at the very foundation of ...Read more