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In Pronoun Trouble, the Columbia professor and New York Times columnist tells the truth about those pesky little words.

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Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

A bill asking educators to adopt the "science of reading" emphasizes phonics. Will enough California teachers respond?

To paraphrase Inigo Montoya, we don’t think these words mean what you think they do. Here's how to use them correctly.