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521 GG Is Funnest a Word? How to Pronounce Adirondack.
Episode 521
HOW TO PRONOUNCE ADIRONDACK: Apparently, I’ve been mispronouncing "Adirondack" my whole life, and thanks to the listeners who let me know. WRITING FO…
10 years ago
520 GG Band Names. Woman or Female?
Episode 520
BAND NAMES: When referring to a rock band, do I use the single form "is" or "are"? Does the band name dictate the usage? WOMAN OR FEMALE? The questio…
10 years ago
519 GG RBIs. Principal and Principle. Run of the Mill
Episode 519
HOW TO MAKE RBI PLURAL: Baseball season has started, so it’s a good time to answer questions from listeners who have asked how to make an abbreviatio…
10 years ago
518 GG Are You Interurban? Vonnegut's Famous Semicolon Quotation Was Taken Out of Context. Off the Cuff.
Episode 518
ARE YOU INTERURBAN? When you split your time between the East Coast and the West Coast, you can call yourself “bicoastal.” What about when you’re spl…
10 years, 1 month ago
517 GG Why Do We Call It Commencement? When to Delete "It"
Episode 517
COMMENCEMENT: Last week a professor in my department asked me why we call a graduation ceremony “commencement” when the event marks the end of colleg…
10 years, 1 month ago
516 GG Celsius Versus Centigrade. 'Between' Versus 'Among'
Episode 516
Celsius Versus Centigrade: Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer who invented a thermometer based on the boiling point and freezing point of water.…
10 years, 1 month ago
515 GG Home vs. Away? How to Make Product Names Plural
Episode 515
Away Versus Home? A listener named Alan wrote, “When using the word versus, does it make a difference as to what is placed before and what is placed …
10 years, 1 month ago
514 GG Brouhaha. New Words. One Fell Swoop.
Episode 514
Last week, ESPN fired Curt Schilling because of offensive remarks he made on social media, and in his follow-up statement, Schilling referred to the …
10 years, 2 months ago
513 GG North or Northbound. Subjunctive Verbs.
Episode 513
Carrie from New Orleans asked me to help her understand whether she should say "I wish I were more perceptive" or "I wish I was more perceptive." It'…
10 years, 2 months ago
512 GG Titled or Entitled? AP Style Updates. Into Thin Air.
Episode 512
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Titled or Entitled? http://j.mp/titled-entitled
AP Style Updates http://j.mp/APstyle2016
Into Thin Air http://j.mp/into-thin…
10 years, 2 months ago