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799 - What 'Whence' Has to Do with 'Where Are You At?' 'Regime' or 'Regimen'?
Episode 799
Why the decline of 'whence' and 'whither' led to 'Where are you at?' And weird memory tricks to help you remember the difference between 'regime,' 'r…
5 years, 9 months ago
798 - Why 'Hilarious' Is Funnier than 'Hysterical.' How to Start a Novel.
Episode 798
The root of "hysterical" may surprise you (and make you want to use "hilarious" instead). Also, things to remember when starting a novel.
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5 years, 9 months ago
797 - Why Dickens' Character Names Are So Revealing. 'Continual' or 'Continuous'?
Episode 797
What Dickens can teach you about choosing your characters' names. Plus, how to remember the frustratingly different meanings of "continuous" and "con…
5 years, 9 months ago
796 - What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe?
Episode 249
What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe?
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5 years, 9 months ago
795 - Why People Use Scare Quotes. 'Dialog' or 'Dialogue'?
Episode 795
We have some theories on why people write things such as "'fresh' meat." Plus, we dig in to the two spellings of "dialog" (or is that "dialogue"?).
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5 years, 10 months ago
794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal Dialogue
Episode 794
6 steps to help you create gripping characters. Plus, we talk about how to format internal dialogue: italics, quotation marks, or nothing?
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5 years, 10 months ago
793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox'
Episode 793
Journalists "bury the lede," not the "lead." But why do they spell it that way? And what do HTK, TK, and CQ stand for? From "hed" to "spox," here's a…
5 years, 10 months ago
792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'
Episode 792
It's not lazy and it's not just filler, but using "like" too much can still get you in trouble.
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5 years, 10 months ago
791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop)
Episode 791
What happens when I discover that my pet peeve is wrong? Also, why do we write with cliches? Should we stop, and if so, how?
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5 years, 10 months ago
790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'
Episode 790
If getting laurels is good, and being a Nobel laureate is good, how did we get to "resting on your laurels" being bad? Also, we learn that the word "…
5 years, 11 months ago