Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for English

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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for English

Why "'Em" Isn't Short for "Them." The Subjunctive. Sussies.

When you say "Go get 'em!" you think that's short for "Go get them," but you're wrong! We look at...

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Tomi Adeyemi: The Writing Life and Her New Writing Course.

With her book "Children of Blood and Bone" spending 120 weeks on the New York Times bestseller...

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Scissors, Jeans, and Other Nouns That Are Always Plural. Flat Adverbs. Boteep.

Today, we'll talk about some weird nouns that are always plural, and then we'll go...

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You Know. Doppelganger. Trademarks. Funnily. Chicken Milk.

It's "listener question extravaganza" time, so I have some quick hits on discourse markers such...

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I Cannot Tell a Lie (but I Can Mislead! And Sometimes People Do It With Percentages.

We look at the linguistic difference between lying and misleading, and then because people often...

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How Aphasia Causes Difficulty Speaking. Chairdrobe.

Prodded by Bruce Willis's family's announcement that he is leaving acting after being diagnosed...

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Barracking, Sheilas and Shouts: How the Irish Influenced Australian English

"Barracking," "sheilas" and "shouts": How the Irish influenced Australian English. Plus, what...

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The Oxford Comma. And Should You Start a Sentence with 'And'?

Have you ever wondered why it's called the "Oxford comma"? We have the answer to that and many...

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Why Do We Cringe at 'Pepper and Salt'? Why 'Square' Is Uncool. Quickquish.

"Sticks and stones." "Bride and groom." "Heads or tails." Some word pairs almost always appear in...

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What's Square About a Square Meal? How to Use Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces. Guck.

The idea of a square meal goes back to the 1800s and possibly mining towns, but the word "square"...

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Are People Using 'Commiserate' Wrong? The Origin of (the Word) 'Influenza.' Hersband.

How the "Witch of Wall Street" relates to the word "commiserate." Plus, the interesting origin of...

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Do You Call In, Out, or Off Sick? How Kids Learn Language. Hexaboobiated.

People often tell me they hear others say they'll be absent from work in a different way than...

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Tips for Learning a New Language: The Fluent Show

Kerstin Cable, host of "The Fluent Show" shares her tips and enthusiasm for learning new...

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Why "Tiny" Sounds Smaller Than "Huge." Nixing the Horrid "Of."

The sounds of certain words make us think of things that are big or small, round or spiky, and...

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'Strollout,' 'Insurrection,' 'Yassify,' and Other Words of the Year for 2021

"Strollout," "insurrection," "yassify," "hard pants" and other words of the year for 2021. |...

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Cardsharp. The Old-New Singular 'They.' Grignug.

Was that uncle who wiped the floor with you in a card game a cardsharp or a card shark? Also, we...

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Questions, Questions, So Many Questions!

I have a big metaphorical pile of questions from listeners in which the answers are too short to...

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