4 annoying sounds you need to stop making
You need to stop making these noises, even if you don't realize it


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James Harbeck is a professional word taster and sentence sommelier (an editor trained in linguistics). He is the author of the blog Sesquiotica and the book Songs of Love and Grammar.
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