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568 GG. In or Among. Weird Words.
Episode 568
This week we talk about why you might describe someone as "among bushes" instead of "in the bushes," and we talk about how we get weird words like "g…
9 years, 3 months ago
567 Is Pig Latin a Real Language?
Episode 567
This week we talk about the origin of the word "harbinger" (and I sing about swans) and whether Pig Latin qualifies as a language. FOLLOW GRAMMAR GIR…
9 years, 3 months ago
566 GG. Off Your Feed. Animal Language.
Episode 566
Off Your Feed. Animal Language.
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9 years, 4 months ago
565 GG. Solving Crimes with Language. Apple, Podcasts, and Prepositions.
Episode 565
Apple, Podcasts, and Prepositions. Forensic Linguistics.
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9 years, 4 months ago
564 GG. Preposition or Adverb?
Episode 564
The weird complications about words such as "up" and "over" that make people fight about whether they are prepositions or adverbs.
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9 years, 4 months ago
563 GG Singular 'They'
Episode 563
Singular 'They'
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9 years, 4 months ago
562 GG AP Style and Chicago Manual of Style Updates
Episode 562
AP Style and Chicago Manual of Style Updates
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9 years, 4 months ago
561 GG $10 Million Comma. Ambiguous Sentences. Tribute to Bill Walsh
Episode 561
The $10 Million Comma. Ambiguous Sentences. A Tribute to Bill Walsh.
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9 years, 5 months ago
560 GG Devil's Advocate. 3 Tips for Creating Sentences with Punch
Episode 560
This week we talk about why we call someone a "devil's advocate" and why the rules of writing are the same for good lawyers and good thriller writers…
9 years, 5 months ago
559 GG. Abbreviations. And Then the Murders Began. Runcible. Haiku.
Episode 559
This week, I have a Quick and Dirty Tip about how to define abbreviations that you use over and over in a document and a tidbit about a fun internet …
9 years, 5 months ago