grammargirl

grammargirl, 1 hour ago to history

Do you love books and history? If so, you'll love this week's Grammar Girl podcast because Peter Sokolowski tells us stories about the special Armed Services Editions of books that were created especially for the troops in WWII.

Listen while you get ready for gatherings this weekend, and you'll have great bits of trivia to share!

PODCAST: https://pod.link/173429229

TRANSCRIPT: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/sokolowski-wwii

YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/7X08MlvihXU

#MemorialDay #WWII #history

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grammargirl, 1 day ago to random

If you have training budget left as we come to the end of the fiscal year, check out my 90-minute, on-demand AP style webinar.

It's a great way to get up to speed on the basics of Associated Press style, including recent changes. Brush up by yourself or watch it with your whole team as a lunch-and-learn session!

Use the code MACMIL to get $90 off. Don't let that budget go to waste!

https://bit.ly/grammarondemand

grammargirl, 1 day ago to random

I just inserted an editor's note into a document, and I was really tempted to put "Don't @ me" at the end.

#AmEditing

ernie, 2 days ago to random

Digging into my old Google Analytics data and combining it with this Plausible data, I can now confirm that this Google post is now top-10 all time for Tedium posts, with 46k visits.

Long way to topple this post, which has an eight-year head start and 580,000 pageviews, most of which are from the site that is trying to destroy it

https://tedium.co/2016/07/05/weird-telephone-numbers/

profoundlynerdy, 2 days ago to random

@grammargirl Okay, very much in left field here, but the Freemasons had an outsized impact on both US and French history.

Have any #Freemason ritual terms or even shibboleths entered into common usage? I can think of one or two plausible examples but you know more about etymology than I do.

"Hoodwink" seems unlikely but "to give the third degree" seems plausible. That's about all I can come up with.

dsalo, 4 days ago to random

Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks.

https://covid-long.com/

grammargirl, 5 days ago to random

We only smelled gas in the basement, but they wanted to inspect the whole house, and I swear there was a brief moment where I thought “My house is so messy, I’d rather die in a fire than have them traipse through my whole house!” I console myself that they’ve probably seen worse.

grammargirl, 5 days ago to random

Well, they cleared the house and say everything is safe! Not sure what the problem was.

grammargirl, 5 days ago to random

We smelled gas in our house, so now the fire department is here in full gear with masks and oxygen, and they’re clearing the house.

They smell it too, so at least I don’t feel like I’m crazy. Much excitement!

grammargirl, 6 days ago to random

"How much should I charge?"

If you're a freelancer, you've anxiously asked yourself that question.

Fortunately, Erin Brenner, author of "The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors," had great advice in our chat this week on the Grammar Girl podcast!

Come for the freelancing advice and stay for all the great editing and writing productivity hacks.

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/brenner/transcript
WATCH: https://youtu.be/HMiBhe2Tusk

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yeliab, 6 days ago to random

@grammargirl I was so disappointed to hear an egregious error on your latest podcast that I felt compelled to set the record straight. And so, riffing on an evergreen opening line of a timeless novel, I can only state:

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the cardboard tube at the centers of rolls of paper products have always been, and will always be, known as a "der-der".

I trust you will set the record straight in light of this fact.

😉