# Doing Our Own Thing

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- Book: [Doing Our Own Thing](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcwhorter/doing-our-own-thing) ([Doing Our Own Thing.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcwhorter/doing-our-own-thing.md))
- Authors: [John McWhorter](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcwhorter)
- Publisher: avery
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-9333-054-8
- Published: 2004-09-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

“McWhorter is a gifted young linguist who seeks to understand the change in our verbal habits rather than just bemoan it, and his analysis is insightful, richly documented and, yes, eloquently written.”—Steven...