A Legend In His Own Minefield

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The Woeful Inadequacy of English Pronouns

The Woeful Inadequacy of English Pronouns

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John Mendelssohn
Oct 23, 2010
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How you going to keep them down on the farm, or in the southwestern corner of Dutchess County (The County That Can’t Spell Duchess) after they’ve seen Portsmouth and Concord, New Hampshire? That was the question we had no choice but to confront last wek, as the reality of being back in Beacon sank in ever more deeply. There’d been talk of our taking the…

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