{"product_id":"pronoun-trouble-the-story-of-us-in-seven-little-words-by-john-mcwhorter","title":"Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words By John McWhorter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWith his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronouns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe nature of language is to shift and evolve—but every so often, a new usage creates a whole lot of consternation. These days, pronouns are throwing curveballs, and it matters, because pronoun habits die hard. If you need a refresher from eighth-grade English: Pronouns are short, used endlessly, and serve to point and direct, to orient us as to what is meant about who. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHim, not her. Me, not you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pronouns get a heavy workout, and as such, they become part of our hardwiring. To mess with our pronouns is to mess with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut many of today’s hot-button controversies are nonsense. The singular \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been with us since the 1400s and appears in Shakespeare’s works. In fact, many of the supposedly iron-clad rules of grammar are up for debate (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBilly and me went to the store\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis perfectly logical!), and with tasty trivia, unexpected twists, and the weird quirks of early and contemporary English, John McWhorter guides readers on a journey of how our whole collection of these little words emerged and has changed over time.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wide Genre","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":47505469505756,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":47505469538524,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/2044\/5148\/files\/33_b8e97ab1-e5cc-498e-b71c-59454bbb6e9d.png?v=1769702404","url":"https:\/\/widegenre.com\/products\/pronoun-trouble-the-story-of-us-in-seven-little-words-by-john-mcwhorter","provider":"WideGenre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}