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Celebrate National Grammar Day - 23 June 2008

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🗓️ 23 June 2008

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Do you know where your participle is dangling? Martha and Grant salute National Grammar Day. Also, when you’re scribbling on a piece of paper, do you find yourself expecting spellcheck to kick in and underline your misspellings with squiggly red lines? A caller wants a term for the act of trying to do offline what can only be done online. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.7

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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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