439 GG Texting, Coffins, and Death
Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Today, with Halloween in mind, I have a Quick and Dirty tip about the difference between a casket and a coffin; and an excerpt from David Crystalβs new book, Words in Time and Place, that goes through the many words we have for death and dying. Finally, I saw something shocking in a formal document a few weeks ago, so I have a tidbit about text messaging and language. Read the transcript: http://bit.ly/1sXJDC5Next Episodes
438 GG Why Do People Say Punctuation Out Loud? @ Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
π 2014-10-16 23:00 / β 00:23:12
437 GG Whatβs the difference between England, Great Britain, and the UK? @ Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
π 2014-10-09 23:00 / β 00:07:32
436 GG Why People Have Always Been Confused About Apostrophes @ Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
π 2014-10-02 23:00 / β 00:15:08
435 GG We Might Could Harvest the Corn @ Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
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434 GG Ya Shank: The Made-Up Swear Words of 'The Maze Runner' @ Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
π 2014-09-18 23:00 / β 00:11:39