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When Want Ousted Will
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When Want Ousted Will

Our verb "will" is mostly used to indicate the future, but it wasn't always that way.
John McWhorter
May 01, 2023
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Vintage bedroom, circa 1910, with an antique vanity for applying cosmetics.

Vacuous and vanity are, believe it or not, related to want. John explains.

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