Grammar Girl here. Aliza in Alaska recently asked whether she should use who or that to refer to a board of directors. Today we're going to decide whether companies are people or things; in other words, whether you use the relative pronoun who or tha...
Grammar Girl here. This episode is a new and improved version of i.e. versus e.g. Misusing these two abbreviations is one of the top five mistakes I used to see when editing technical documents. There's so much confusion that in some of the drafts I...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to write your first novel. Since youre listening to this podcast, you probably love the English language and the written word. And if you do, you probably have an itch to write that first novel. Well, you're no...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is redundant acronyms. Some of you know that I'm a working writer. I've had some big deadlines over the last few weeks, so that's why there haven't been as many episodes out; but my work is always a huge inspiration f...
Grammar Girl here. Today's topics are style guides and how to deal with book titles. Joe called in with this question: With all of the style guides that are out there -- APA, MLA -- why would anyone use Chicago? I was finding it very hard to believe...
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A: I called this meeting today in order to discuss our manufacturing plan. As Im sure youre all aware, with the credit crunch, and the global financial cri- sis, were obligated to look for more cost efficient ways of producing our goods. We dont want...
