Celebrate National Grammar Day - 23 June 2008
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🗓️ 23 June 2008
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:25.0 | You're listening to Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett. |
| 0:35.9 | Did you know that January 20th is National Cheese Day? Or how about the fact that |
| 0:41.6 | September 8th is National Iguana Awareness Day? |
| 0:45.0 | I wonder who decides this stuff anyway. |
| 0:48.0 | I don't know. Maybe we'll find out on National Committee Day. |
| 0:51.0 | Well the reason I bring this up, Grant, is that it turns out that grammar has its own day as well. |
| 0:59.2 | National grammar day is March 4th. |
| 1:01.5 | At least according to the Society for the Preservation of Good Grammar or Spogg, for |
| 1:06.0 | short. |
| 1:07.0 | That's an organization whose philosophy is, according to its website, there are huge problems |
| 1:12.3 | in this world and then there are problems that can be solved |
| 1:14.6 | by everyday people with red pins and a little moxie. |
| 1:18.6 | So here's the National Grammar Day. |
| 1:20.9 | I have to say one thing though, all the copy editors I've ever known used but blue pencil |
| 1:25.1 | and not a red pen. |
| 1:26.1 | Good point. |
| 1:27.1 | But you know did you see what John McIntyre had to write on the blog that he keeps for the |
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