669 - 'Red Tape,' 'Red Herring,' 'Paint the Town Red,' and More 'Red' Idioms.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:04.6	Grammar Girl here, I'm Minyeon Foggedy.
0:07.0	This week, I have a grammar limerick,
0:09.1	a meaty middle about red idioms like red tape,
0:12.3	and one of your kitchen table lingo stories.
0:15.3	For March 4th National Grammar Day,
0:17.4	the American Copy Editor's Society held a grammar-limeric contest on Twitter,
0:22.8	and I have the winner, Claire Felgurdsson,
0:26.0	reading her limerick for you.
0:28.4	According to the American Copy Editor's Society,
0:31.0	Claire is an academic copy editor based in Toronto,
0:34.7	who's worked in almost every subject that uses APA style
0:38.3	from architecture to psychology to education.
0:41.6	She also edits non-fiction manuscripts, business reports,
0:45.0	and anything else the wonderful world of freelancing throws her way.
0:49.2	She says she enjoys loose leaf tea,
0:51.4	books about unusual hobbies, and to amateur,
0:53.9	classification.
0:55.4	Her website is effective-editing.com.
0:59.2	There were lots of great entries,
1:00.4	but the judges had Claire impressed them
1:02.4	with her well-metered take on the singular they.
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