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Identification, please
From “front-runner” to “casino mogul,” editors must be careful when applying identifying words and phrases to people.
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- Who coined the longest nonsense word in America? It’s a touchy subject.
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- What words say may depend on what they look like.
What pronouns say about our personality
- The way in which we use pronouns such as I, you, or him - or choose not to use them - reveals quite a bit about our personalities but not necessarily in the ways we might think. That’s the premise of a new book, “The Secret Life of Pronouns,” by psychologist James Pennebaker, which hits bookstores on Aug. 30 and draws some surprising conclusions.
