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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

631 - Anniversaries. Conversate.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.52.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

It's the 12th anniversary of the Grammar Girl podcast! Or is that the 12-year anniversary? No! In honor of this illustrious event, we look at why people say they "conversate" and why they may want to think twice about it. FOLLOW GRAMMAR GIRL Twitter: http://twitter.com/grammargirl Facebook: http://facebook.com/grammargirl Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl Instagram: http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl SPONSORS http://stitcherpremium.com/grammar (offer code GRAMMAR) http://bombas.com/grammar (offer code GRAMMAR) TED Talks Daily GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopiPad For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPop GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl-book-page GRAMMAR GIRL IS PART OF THE QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS PODCAST NETWORK.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Gramer Girl here, I'm Vinyan Fokery.

0:08.0

Before we get started, there's another show we really enjoy here.

0:11.3

You've heard of Ted Talks, I gave a Ted X talk about language change a few years ago,

0:16.6

but you might not know that Ted Talks daily brings them all to you in podcast form.

0:22.5

There's a new episode every weekday on every subject imaginable.

0:27.8

Check out the talk by Elizabeth White, who shares smart ideas for living life to the

0:31.8

fullest on unlimited income.

0:34.2

Or here, Mikhail Zygardt describes his project that imagined what the internet would have

0:38.5

looked like in 1917 Russia.

0:42.0

He explores how social media can be used to deeply engage with our history.

0:47.2

Subscribe to Ted Talks daily now, wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:52.8

And there's one other thing.

0:54.6

This week on Twitter, I saw a woman brag about correcting typos in library books.

1:00.9

Not cool people.

1:01.9

I didn't reply on Twitter because there was already an internet mob attacking her that

1:07.4

also seemed out of hand.

1:09.6

But since other people were responding that they write corrections in library books too,

1:14.8

if anyone listening does that, please stop.

1:18.6

You don't own those books in its vandalism.

1:22.1

Fans say marks like that keep them from being able to scan the books for people who are

1:26.4

visually impaired.

1:28.4

And sometimes they have to actually spend money to replace the books or spend time erasing

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