Grandma Girl here, I'm in Yon Fokker to your friendly guide to the English

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

But before we start, I also have an exciting announcement.

For the next couple of months or so, I'm going to have an extra episode every week.

In addition to the regular Tuesday show, on Thursday,

you'll also get an interview show

we're calling Grammar Girl Conversations. So today I have breaking

grammar news about updates to the AP Style Book and a fun segment about Catawampus

Kitty Corner and more.

And this Thursday, you'll hear from Charles Dewig,

the Pulitzer Prize-Manning author of The Power of Habit.

We're gonna talk about his new book,

which I loved, called Super Communicators.

This is kind of a test to see if you like having an extra episode, and if I can keep up with it.

So if you like it, definitely let me know. And be sure to check your

feed for Charles Doohig talking about super-communicators this coming Thursday

and be on the lookout for new episodes of Grammar Girl Conversations every Thursday.

As longtime listeners may remember, the Associated Press updates its style book once a year.

And last week was that magical time of year for copy editors who were in attendance at the

Aces conference, that is the Society for Editing. I wasn't able to attend in

person, but I followed along and heard about the changes both small and large from multiple editors

who generously live posted the event to Blue Sky,

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