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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.52.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

It's not lazy and it's not just filler, but using "like" too much can still get you in trouble. Read the transcript: Like Use the hashtag #WhereIListen and tag me 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:04.4

Grammar girl here, I'm Minyeon Fokerti,

0:06.4

and you can think of me as your friendly guide

0:08.6

to the English language.

0:10.4

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

0:13.9

Today, we'll talk about a word people love to hate, like.

0:18.3

This is by Ben Yagoda, so when I say me or I, that's him.

0:25.3

Recently on NPR's Morning Edition,

0:27.5

an American student at Duke University's campus in China

0:31.3

described a class exercise about what the country would be like in 20 years.

0:36.4

Referring to some Chinese students in the course, she said,

0:39.6

They wore like Chinese military garb to the presentation,

0:44.0

and they had like the whole banner that said,

0:46.4

the 10th anniversary of Taiwan's return to China,

0:49.2

and that was like a big deal for the Taiwanese students

0:51.9

they were like extremely upset over it.

0:54.3

In fact, the student used the word like four times

0:57.7

in a 44-word statement, and she used it in particular,

1:01.4

recognizable ways that weren't traditional.

1:04.8

By traditional, I mean like as a verb, as in Jim Likes-Mary,

1:09.3

as a preposition, as in Sally looks like Betty,

1:12.5

and he reminds me of artists like Rembrandt and Vermeer,

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