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May 09, 2008 09:54 AM EDT --
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This week, we're looking at another common confusion: the word peruse . Alex from Los Angeles, California writes . . .
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May 01, 2008 03:56 PM EDT --
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This week, we're trying to take the confusion out of the words further and farther . Mary Jo from Antigo, . . .
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July 06, 2007 05:01 PM EDT --
Hello, everybody-
Grammar Grater is a new, weekly podcast from Minnesota Public Radio. It's about English words, grammar and usage for the Information Age. Because we live in a time of e-mail, blogs, . . .
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April 03, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
Our subject today is a pair of rather confusing words: uninterested and disinterested .
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current English , the word uninterested means simply, "not . . .
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April 10, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
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"I feel bad ."
"I feel badly ."
Which is correct?
Today we discuss this common pitfall when writing . . .
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April 17, 2008 07:36 PM EDT --
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Jeff Deck wanted to make a difference.
When the 2002 graduate of Dartmouth College attended his five-year reunion, he mingled with . . .
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June 19, 2008 02:45 PM EDT --
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No other part of speech causes as much confusion-and demonstrates . . .
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August 02, 2007 04:47 PM EDT --
Dashes are much more than just lines. They have very specific grammatical jobs. There are actually three types of dashes (excluding track and field events). The typographical dashes are the hyphen [ - . . .
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August 09, 2007 05:09 PM EDT --
It’s no one’s fault, but the word me gets a bad rap.
An idea a lot of us carry over from our childhoods is that me is always incorrect. Who doesn't remember this scenario:
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November 08, 2007 05:18 PM EST --
This week's Grammar Grater is written by Grammar Grater's Cory Busse.
There has been no shortage of political debates recently. During the debates, one hears candidates . . .
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August 30, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
Have you ever gone to the supermarket and been lured into the express checkout aisle because you have Twelve Items or Less? Strictly speaking, it turns out that sign confuses less with fewer.
The words . . .
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March 13, 2008 01:02 PM EDT --
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"Do we have plans next Saturday?"
"The 15 th ?"
"No, no - I mean next Saturday. The . . .
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March 27, 2008 12:49 PM EDT --
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Today we're going to dig into the definitions and etymologies of two words that often get confused and used interchangeably: upside . . .
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June 26, 2008 12:36 PM EDT --
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We're taking a look at anyway — a transitional phrase that really . . .
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July 19, 2007 01:59 PM EDT --
If you were ever a fan of the classic television show The Honeymooners, you may recall the episode where Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton are learning to play golf. In one of the series' most memorable . . .
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July 26, 2007 03:57 PM EDT --
A few years ago, a lot of people started using the word “impact” in place of the word affect, as in, “How will accounting be impacted by this decision?” It seemed another attempt . . .
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November 29, 2007 02:06 PM EST --
The American Heritage Book of English Usage states that "Generations of teachers have insisted that can should be used to express the capacity to do something and that may must be used to . . .
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December 20, 2007 04:15 PM EST --
In the past few weeks, Grammar Grater received a couple of messages from listeners about the use of the words bring and take . There actually is a grammatical difference between these words, but it's . . .
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July 10, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
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Catherine from Edina, Minnesota, sent this message to us:
"Please address the word preventive . . .
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August 16, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
An enduring image of summer in Minneapolis is the presence of sailboats on Lake Harriet and Lake Calhoun. Out in open water, ivory-white wedges cut their courses as crews hike over gunwales to . . .
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