Grimer Girl here, I'm a Neon Fogarty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to

the English language.

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

Today we're going to talk about double words and the rules of conversation.

But before we get started, I want to remind you that I have three LinkedIn Learning

courses about better writing, punctuation, and commonly confused words.

They're great for everyone, but they're especially great for professors because lots of universities

provide free access through their libraries.

So if you have students who are struggling with some specific writing problem, like writing

an active voice or using semicolons, you can refer them to one of my quick two or three

minute videos on just that topic.

And you can bookmark specific videos to make them easy to find every time you have students

with those common problems.

Just search for Grimer Girl at LinkedIn Learning at your library and all three courses

should pop up.

Have you ever been writing?

And suddenly you realize you've made a sentence with two words in a row like had had or

that, that, and wondered what happened, asking like David Byrne of the talking heads,

well, how did I get here?

Well, don't worry, it doesn't mean you're a bad writer.

It usually just means you've stumbled on a situation where you're using a word that

can legitimately be different parts of speech.

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