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Back to SearchLet's do a grammar quiz!
Kathy and Ross try to stump Fletcher with some tricky grammar questions, including a long, confusing trip through collective nouns.
2 years, 6 months ago
Road trip!
This time, we're taking a trip through some of the most commonly mispronounced places in the good ol' USA. Hop in! Things might get a little bumpy...
2 years, 7 months ago
That used to mean what??
Hey there, guy, grab a plate of meat and join us as we look at some everyday words that have REALLY changed their meanings over time!
2 years, 7 months ago
We did it by (on?) accident!
A listener question forces us to take a hard look at how we use prepositions, including whether we do things "by" accident or "on" accident, and Flet…
2 years, 8 months ago
Big words we actually kind of like
We've been a little bit cranky lately, so we thought we'd dig up some big-sounding words we're actually fond of. How deliquescent! (wait, that's not …
2 years, 8 months ago
The twisted world of bureaucracy
Having tried to wrap our heads around the world of academic language, we now take a stab at trying to untangle the meaning of phrases bureaucracies a…
2 years, 9 months ago
In the hells of academia
A listener question prompts us to try to translate some nearly impenetrable examples of academic writing.
2 years, 9 months ago
Mailbag day!
We head back to the mailbag to answer some listener questions, including one about the origins of "woke," and another about the power of the bossy R.
2 years, 10 months ago
That still doesn't mean what you think it means, part 2
We continue to look back at some words from Kathy and Ross' book "That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means", and we start to wonder if words actuall…
2 years, 10 months ago
That still doesn't mean what you think it means
We revisit Kathy and Ross' 2018 book That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means (now out on audiobook!) and some of the words they wrote about that st…
2 years, 11 months ago