Tag: grammar at work
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April 17, 2008 07:36 PM EDT --
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Jeff Deck wanted to make a difference.
When the 2002 graduate of Dartmouth College attended his five-year reunion, he mingled with . . .
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March 07, 2008 09:49 AM EST --
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Daylight saving time has certainly received its share of attention, given last year's date change in North America and the resulting . . .
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May 23, 2008 09:28 AM EDT --
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This week's episode of Grammar Grater addresses a topic we've heard so much about in the news. On May 2, Myanmar (also . . .
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July 10, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
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Catherine from Edina, Minnesota, sent this message to us:
"Please address the word preventive . . .
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June 05, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
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This week's topic on Grammar Grater addresses a couple of words that sound alike and come fairly close in meaning, . . .
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November 26, 2008 03:55 PM EST --
Janis Bell knows you, me and everyone we know ... or at least, she knows our most common grammatical pitfalls. "I've been teaching writing for 35 years in many settings," Bell says, "so . . .
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June 05, 2009 02:29 PM EDT --
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Perhaps this morning you put on a garment with a zip or zipper , put items into a bag that closed . . .
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June 11, 2009 04:31 PM EDT --
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Last week, Mitzi Gramling, associate general counsel at American Public Media, joined us on the . . .
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June 18, 2009 03:49 PM EDT --
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This week on Grammar Grater, we examine another pair of words that can cause confusion: amuse . . .
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February 21, 2008 01:27 PM EST --
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When paramedics are helping a patient, communications must be clear and precise. So we thought it was very important when we got this message from . . .
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July 03, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
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This week on Grammar Grater, our topic was inspired by this note from Lee in Moorhead, Minnesota:
"I . . .
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November 13, 2008 04:13 PM EST --
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This week on Grammar Grater, our topic is inspired by a message from Patricia, a listener in Orlando, Fla. . . .
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April 30, 2009 03:54 PM EDT --
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This week's episode was inspired by a message we received from Mike, a listener in Tucson, Arizona. . . .
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July 02, 2009 03:03 PM EDT --
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This week, we're taking a look at a pair of homophones . You may recall that homophones are . . .
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April 02, 2009 02:53 PM EDT --
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This week, we're going to talk about a tricky little word that sounds as if it could mean one thing, . . .
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April 10, 2009 09:54 AM EDT --
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This week, we're going to talk about a special type of word formation called an acronym . According . . .
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May 21, 2009 11:40 AM EDT --
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This week on Grammar Grater, we're looking at a tricky word that presents a confusing picture when . . .
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July 24, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
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Today's episode of Grammar Grater is about the expression, time is of the essence . This topic was inspired . . .
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July 31, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
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This week's topic is a figure of speech known as synecdoche . Gordon Jarvie, in the Bloomsbury Grammar . . .
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October 02, 2008 09:41 AM EDT --
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Today on Grammar Grater, we're taking a question from Joan, a listener in Plymouth, Minnesota. Joan writes: . . .
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