695 - 'Armageddon' or 'Apocalypse'? Numbers in Dialogue.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Watching the new show "Good Omens," we started wondering about the difference between Armageddon and the apocalypse. Also after helping a friend with an editing dispute about numbers in dialogue, we wanted to pass on some advice about style guides and editing. LINKS AND SPONSORS | True and Co: http://trueandco.com/grammar CODE: GRAMMAR | Aspiration App | Grammar Girl Email Newsletter: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/newsletters | Graduation Sweepstakes: http://bit.ly/qdtlifeaftercollege | Grammar Girl's AP style webinar: http://bit.ly/GrammarWebinar2019 | GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME | Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/iPadGrammarPop | For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopMobile | GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS | http://bit.ly/GrammarPopBooks | GRAMMAR GIRL IS PART OF THE QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS PODCAST NETWORK | VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:04.8	Gramer girl here, I'm Mignon Fogarty,
0:06.9	and you can think of me as your friendly guide
0:09.0	to the English language, writing history,
0:11.7	rules, and cool stuff.
0:13.4	Today, I have a tidbit about the difference
0:15.6	between Armageddon and the apocalypse,
0:18.6	a meeting middle about numbers and style guides
0:21.5	and a family-like story.
0:23.5	But first, a correction.
0:25.2	In the podcast last week on Autological Words,
0:28.6	we said that a diphthong is a combination of consonants
0:32.0	that creates a new sound.
0:34.0	Actually, diphthongs are combinations of vowels that do so,
0:38.2	such as combining O and I to create O-I as in choice.
0:43.0	We regret the error.
0:44.6	And now on to Armageddon.
0:49.0	The past couple of weeks, we've been watching a new series
0:52.0	on Amazon Prime called Good Omens.
0:55.1	It's based on a book written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
0:58.8	Gaiman is a fiction and film author
1:00.4	who came up with the Sandman series of comic books.
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