Opinion & Analysis

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

26 August 2021 - 19:36 By sue de groot
Sue de Groot Deputy features editor: Sunday Times

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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