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Back to Search438 GG Why Do People Say Punctuation Out Loud?
Episode 438
"Vaccine" Versus "Vaccination." Syelle Graves explains why people say things such as "We never leave any soldier behind. Period," and more generally,…
11 years, 5 months ago
437 GG What’s the difference between England, Great Britain, and the UK?
Episode 437
I know all you European listeners think it’s ridiculous that Americans don’t know the difference between England and Britain, but a British friend to…
11 years, 5 months ago
436 GG Why People Have Always Been Confused About Apostrophes
Episode 436
An interview with Ammon Shea about the confusing history of apostrophes. Hanged Versus Hung. The story of the Victorian Great Exhibition, where Adolp…
11 years, 5 months ago
435 GG We Might Could Harvest the Corn
Episode 435
Yes, you can start a sentence with "because." Here's how to do it.
What are helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs), and why do people in some re…
11 years, 5 months ago
434 GG Ya Shank: The Made-Up Swear Words of 'The Maze Runner'
Episode 434
Insults, swear words, and world-building for young adults: In an interview with James Dashner, I got the inside scoop on the language of "The Maze Ru…
11 years, 6 months ago
433 GG Why People Mix Up the Pronouns "Me" and "I"
Episode 433
I can tell you which pronouns to use, but it takes a linguist to explain WHY people get confused. Here, Gretchen McCulloch reveals the fascinating re…
11 years, 6 months ago
431 GG Words That Aren't Words
Episode 431
In this podcast, you get a Quick and Dirty Tip about where to put periods and commas relative to quotation marks, an excerpt from Ammon Shea's book "…
11 years, 6 months ago
430 GG The Plural of Money. This Is Your Brain on Writing. Egregious
Episode 430
In this week's podcast, Grammar Girl discusses the plural of money, how to use "egregious," and talks with Ellen Hendriksen from The Savvy Psychologi…
11 years, 6 months ago
429 GG How to Use the Conjunction “Nor”
Episode 429
How do you use the conjunction "nor" and why is it so special it deserves a podcast of its own? Neil Whitman explains. Visit the website to read the …
11 years, 7 months ago
428 GG Crash Blossoms
Episode 428
Why the Associated Press accidentally made people think another Malaysian airplane had crashed, and what it tells us about language. Visit the websit…
11 years, 7 months ago