A WORD IN THE HAND: SHOT

SUE DE GROOT | Oh shoot! Bite the bullet before you let loose with both barrels

A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

28 October 2021 - 20:08 By SUE DE GROOT

It might seem in poor taste to talk about metaphors involving firearms after the misfiring of a prop gun that mystifyingly contained live ammo, but that terrible incident is not the target of this column...

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