775 - Why We Talk About 'Bad Apples.' 'A Few' Versus 'a Couple'

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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We started to wonder why people seem to forget the second half of the saying about bad apples. Plus, we settle a dispute about the difference between "a couple" and "a few." Read the transcripts: Bad Apples. A Couple and a Few. Use the hashtag #WhereIListen to show me where you listen to the Grammar Girl podcast. 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

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:04.8	Gramer girl here, I'm a neon-foggerty,
0:06.7	your friendly guide to the English language.
0:09.4	We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.
0:13.1	Today, I have a segment about the idiom about bad apples.
0:17.1	Another segment about the difference between a couple
0:20.0	and a few of something, and a family-like story about Scooby-Doo.
0:25.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:25.9	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:26.9	More market going on at a Floral.com near the trancape—
0:26.9	story-built, gray please?
0:26.9	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:30.1	Musuiout Prepare Line
0:32.3	With Corp Artists
0:33.9	lore-b capacities
0:34.8	quelle ayyers
0:38.3	The biggest bust of a camera
0:39.6	play in agriculture
0:41.1	It we sound very patronistic
0:43.8	it used to connect
0:46.6	To robots
0:48.9	often say that one officer
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