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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.52.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

"Stationary" and "stationery" have the same ultimate origin, but they evolved to have different meanings and one became tied to paper goods. Also, a recent survey in the UK highlighted pronunciations that annoy people. We look at which ones and why. THIS WEEK ONLY: Make a donation up to $1,000 at Donors Choose, and I'll match it until we reach our $7,500 goal. Visit https://donorschoose.org/grammar and use the code GRAMMARGIRL. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Grammar Pop iOS game. Peeve Wars card game. Grammar Girl books. HOST: Mignon Fogarty VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.tiktok.com/@therealgrammargirl http://twitter.com/grammargirl http://facebook.com/grammargirl http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl

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0:00.0

Grammar Girl here. I'm Minion Fogridi and you can think of me as your friendly guide to

0:09.2

the English language. We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff. Today we'll

0:14.8

talk about the two spellings of the word stationary. I love the history of one of them.

0:19.9

And we'll talk about whether you should correct people's pronunciation. But first, stay

0:24.3

with me because I'm giving away money, seriously. We're celebrating the 15th anniversary of

0:29.9

the Grammar Girl podcast next week. And my partners at McMillan kept pushing me to make

0:34.8

a big deal out of it. But I didn't want to just talk about me or even the show. So I

0:40.2

started thinking about what really matters to me. And it's helping people and especially

0:44.9

helping people learn. And because of you, the people who listen to this show, which

0:49.9

makes everything else I do possible, the books, the courses going on Oprah and the today

0:54.3

show, I'm able to do more to help people. So I'm matching donations up to $7,500 at Donors

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Choose for one week from now until July 29, 2021. Together, you and I can raise $15,000

1:10.3

for teachers for the 15th anniversary of the show. Here's how it works. Teachers make

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projects showing what they need for their classroom on Donors Choose, a top-rated charity.

1:21.5

And then you back their project and use the code Grammar Girl and I'll match whatever

1:26.2

you give until we hit that $7,500 goal. There's also a $1,000 per donation limit. I doubt

1:32.5

that's going to be a problem, but I have to say it. So you can give $5 or you can back

1:37.9

a whole project. It's up to you. And the thing I really like about Donors Choose is that

1:43.3

it's easy to find a teacher in your area. So no matter where you live in the United States,

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you can almost always find a teacher near you. And you can also filter by things that

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matter to you, like giving to a teacher at a school where more than half the students

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come from low-income households or a teacher at a rural school or a teacher who specifically

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