WORD IN THE HAND: PORING
SUE DE GROOT | Principled readers pour over books only when bored to tears
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
I know I can be horribly judgmental at times, and I don’t mean this to be one of those times, but I could not suppress a shudder while reading a book by a South Africa-born author in which scholars are “pouring” over their books...
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