Surprising Words Related to 'Freedom.' Double Subjects. Foop.
Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.
Mignon Fogarty, Inc.
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🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
882. For Independence Day, we look at the word "freedom" and the surprising words that came from the same roots. Plus, we look at odd sentences with double subjects and when you should (and shouldn't) use them.
Transcript: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/surprising-words-related-to-freedom-double-subjects-foop
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Reference for the "double subjects" segment by Neal Whitman:
Huddleston, R. and Pullum, G.K. 2003. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, pp. 1408-1411.
References for the "freedom" segment by Valerie Fridland:
Lewis, C.S. 1990. “Free.” In Studies in Words. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 111-132.
Buck, D.C. 1949. “Territorial, Social, and Political Divisions; Social Relations.” In A Dictionary of Synonyms in The Principal Indo-European Languages: A Contribution to The History of Ideas. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1301-1369.
"free, adj., n., and adv.". OED Online. June 2022. Oxford University Press. https://www-oed-com.unr.idm.oclc.org/view/Entry/74375 (accessed June 28, 2022).
"freedom, n.". OED Online. June 2022. Oxford University Press. https://www-oed-com.unr.idm.oclc.org/view/Entry/74395?rskey=nb7bUT&result=1&isAdvanced=false (accessed June 28, 2022).
"free, v.". OED Online. June 2022. Oxford University Press. https://www-oed-com.unr.idm.oclc.org/view/Entry/74376?rskey=PWZPsN&result=2&isAdvanced=false (accessed June 28, 2022).
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| 0:00.0 | I'm a neon faggotty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language. |
| 0:11.6 | We talk about writing, history, rules, and other cool stuff. |
| 0:15.6 | Today we'll talk about the interesting origin of the word freedom and about weird sentences |
| 0:21.1 | with double subjects. |
| 0:22.8 | But first, thanks to Elaine who listened to the episode a few weeks ago about healthy |
| 0:27.7 | verses healthfully. |
| 0:29.4 | And let me know that in the UK people would also use healthfully. |
| 0:34.2 | For example, to say they ate healthily. |
| 0:36.6 | I don't think I've ever heard that word before, but I did a Google book search and it does |
| 0:41.0 | look like healthily as much more common in British English than in American English. |
| 0:45.7 | So there you go. |
| 0:47.0 | And thanks again. |
| 0:52.1 | Given that it's almost the 4th of July, it's not surprising that the words free or freedom |
| 0:56.9 | are coming up quite a bit. |
| 0:59.0 | To most in the United States, independent states celebrates the nation's freedom. |
| 1:03.6 | And being free refers to having the right to choose for yourself how to live or act. |
| 1:09.0 | But for much of the ancient path that free traveled on its way into English, it meant something |
| 1:14.2 | strikingly different. |
| 1:16.7 | The fundamental sense of the term as used today is to not be under the control of another, |
| 1:22.2 | in other words, to be free. |
| 1:24.8 | Looking at early biblical and philosophical translations as cited in the Oxford English |
| 1:28.8 | dictionary, we find this meaning dates all the way back to the Old English period, the |
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