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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

765 - Say No to Marshall Law. How 'Vaccine' Is Related to 'Cow.'

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.52.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Why you could be forgiven for (briefly) getting excited about "Marshall Law." Plus, the word "vaccine" is related to cows. That's a surprise! Read the transcripts. Martial Law. Vaccine and Vaccination. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Grammar Pop iOS game. Peeve Wars card game. Grammar Girl books. HOST: Mignon Fogarty VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe http://twitter.com/grammargirl http://facebook.com/grammargirl http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl

Transcript

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0:00.0

Grimmer Girl here, I'm Mignon Fagridi and you can think of me as your friendly guide to

0:09.2

the English language.

0:11.0

We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.

0:14.9

Today, we'll talk about martial law, why the word vaccine is related to cows, and what

0:20.8

you call it when you scavenge little bits of food for dinner instead of making a whole

0:24.7

meal.

0:25.7

Let's get started.

0:28.6

One of our listeners wrote in to say that he'd been seeing the phrase martial law

0:33.8

misspelled quite a lot as M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L-L. It should be spelled M-A-R-T-I-A-L as in

0:43.5

related to war, warriors or the military.

0:47.4

The word comes from the medieval Latin marked Tialis, meaning something related to Mars,

0:52.8

the God of War.

0:55.3

The word of law describes a situation in which the rule of law is enforced by the military

1:00.6

rather than local police.

1:03.1

This usually happens in an emergency, like a zombie apocalypse, when citizens are in panic

1:08.8

mode, and local law enforcement can't maintain public order and safety by themselves.

1:15.0

They need federal troops to step in and help.

1:18.6

Marshal law has been imposed in the United States in the past.

1:22.6

During the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson imposed Marshal law within a four-mile radius of

1:27.9

his camp in New Orleans.

1:30.5

In 1934, the governor of California placed the docks of San Francisco under Marshal law

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after a dock worker strike.

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