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Grammar Girl here, and today I’m going to tell you where it’s at! ‘Where It’s At’ Just kidding. I used…
A listener named Barbara wrote in wondering about the phrase “how come.” She wrote: The other day I was formulating…
THE QUICK AND DIRTY The official name is “Veterans Day,” but “Veterans’ Day” is also grammatically correct. In the United…
Some of my best episodes, in my humble opinion, are inspired by the questions that my daughter asks me. To…
Today’s topic is “although” versus “while.” I often have to tell people that their pet peeves aren’t actually hard-and-fast grammar…
“Whoa” can mean “stop,” like in this Keanu Reeves clip from “Sweet November,” or it can mean “wow,” like he…
Out of pocket meaning – is there just one? In July 2015, a listener named Barb Mindel posted a question…
In the movie “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” the slacker protagonists Bill and Ted offer this advice to the world:…
The Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, just announced that Kamala Harris is his pick for vice president, and she is…
One of our listeners recently wrote in, wondering about the proper way to describe quantities. She said her sixth-grade English…