Grammar girl here, I'm in Yonfoguri and this week I have a quick and dirty tip about the word kudos.

A meeting middle about crossword puzzles, and a tidbit about what the phrase squad goals means.

And now kudos.

Following last week's quick and dirty tip about the word congratulations,

it seemed like a good time to share a tip about the word kudos from my book 101 Troublesome words.

So what's the trouble?

Well, some people mistakenly believe that kudos is plural.

Kudos means praise or glory, and is often used where congratulations would fit, too.

It comes directly from Greek and is singular, singular, just as the words praise and glory are singular.

However, because kudos ends in an S and congratulations is plural,

some people mistakenly believe that kudos is plural and use kudos as a singular form.

That's just wrong.

So what should you do?

First, use kudos, never kudos.

And if you can't remember the difference, or you think that sentences that treat kudos as singular sound weird,

like kudos is in order, stick with congratulations.

You can just say congratulations are in order.

And that was your quick and dirty tip.

Kudos is singular and there's no such thing as a kudos.

And in case you're wondering what is this 101 Troublesome words book of which she speaks?

It's a little book I wrote about what I find to be the most troublesome words in the English language.

It's one of seven books I've written and you can find them all at your favorite online bookstore,

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