John McWhorter
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John Hamilton McWhorter V is an American linguist. He is an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, where he also teaches American studies and music history.
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We clap when our infants don't spill their food.
John McWhorter, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English (Gotham Books, New York, 2008) p. 162
If your opinions never evolve, you’re either not paying attention or not genuinely interested.
Reparations Should Be an End, Not a Beginning, New York Times, June 22, 2023
[T]here comes a point when a usage is so common that we must consider it not slovenliness but change.
"Little Women" and the Art of Breaking Grammatical Rules, New York Times, April 4, 2024
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John Hamilton McWhorter V is an American linguist. He is an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, where he also teaches American studies and music history. He has authored a number of books on race relations and African-American culture, and is a political commentator especially in his New York Times newsletter.
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