英语语法：41 Daylight-Saving Time

Grammar Girl here. Many parts of the world are moving from daylight-saving time (also called summer time) to standard time this week, so I thought it would be a good time to talk about the phrase daylight-saving time and time in general. Most usage g

英语语法：50 Funny Misplaced Modifiers

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is going to help us take a break from serious grammar and instead delve into the world of comedysome intentional, some not. Groucho Marx said it best: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. H

英语语法：52 Good Versus Well

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is well versus good. It's such a simple little question: How are you? But I've heard from people who feel a twinge of trepidation or even full-blown frustration every time they have to decide whether to say they're go

英语语法：64 If Versus Whether

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is whether--not rain or sunshine, but whether w-h-e-t-h-e-r, as in whether you like it or not, it's the topic. [Listener question about if versus whether and whether you need an or not after whether] Well, it's been a

英语语法：66 Is "Data" Singular or Plural?

Grammar Girl here. We've received several requests to address Latin plurals, so today we're going to tackle a tricky one. A listener called with this request: Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Adam from Peoria. I was wondering if you could go over the usage

英语语法：51 Generic Singular Pronouns

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is generic personal pronouns. Nolan in Victoria, British Columbia, asked the following question: Just wondering about whether to use she or he in terms of giving examples. Since she was written out of the literature f

英语语法：21 Text Messaging Grammar

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is text messaging. Karel (pronounced Carl) from Toronto, Canada, asked if I think text messaging is affecting how people write in formal situations. Well, I know it is for some people because Mia tells me so in this n

英语语法：68 The Lord Is Come?

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is subversive Christmas carols. And now, on to our question. There's a listener named Kat whose holiday joy is crushed every time she hears the Christmas carol Joy to the World. She asks: Why do we sing 'Joy to the wo

英语语法：48 Everybody: Singular or Plural

Grammar Girl here. Today well be talking about indefinite pronouns such as everyone and somebody. Now, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, Everyone Versus Everybody Lately, listeners have asked a lot of questions about indefinite pronouns, such as eve

英语语法：47 Double Possessives

Grammar Girl here. Todays lesson involves a question of Cathysor should that be a question of Cathy? By the end of this podcast, youll know which possessive to use. Now, Cathy has been wondering about the so-called double possessive and asks, Which i

英语语法：40 Dangling Participles

What's a Participle? Before we talk about what it means to dangle a participle, we have to answer the question What is a participle? A participle is a verb that acts like an adjective. The present participle form of a verb usually ends with ing. For

英语语法：38 Collective Nouns

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as family, orchestra, and board. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singul

英语语法：11 Grammar Manners

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to correct other people's grammar. Dr. David asked about how he can correct other people's grammar without losing friends or sounding like a snob. A couple of people, whom I won't name, asked how to deal with b

英语语法：151 “Use” Versus “Utilize”

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is helping us talk about two sets of words that listeners get confused: pleaded guilty or pled guilty, and use or utilize. Plead Versus Pled Mike from Georgia is transitioning from law enforcement t

英语语法：160 Assure Versus Ensure Versus Insure

Reader Christine wrote in with a request: I'd like to know the difference between the words insure and ensure, as in I-N-S-U-R-E and E-N-S-U-R-E. When writing, I often find myself backspacing so I can replace the word ensure with make certain and not

英语语法：159 Are You Annoyingly Redundant?

Grammar Girl here. In today's episode were going to look at, examine, and explore redundancies, tautologies and other superfluous excesses. We all want to keep our writings as cogent as possible; in part, that means excising needless words notably re

英语语法：158 Apostrophe Catastrophe

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is tough apostrophe issues. I said it in the last episode about apostrophes, and I'll say it again: there are some confusing situations when it comes to apostrophes. For example, Christine, from Portland, Oregon; Judy

英语语法：156 Affect Versus Effect

图片1 by Mignon Fogarty This is an expanded show based on the original episode covering when to use affect with an a and when to use effect with an e. This question is from Eric on the voicemail line. I have a question for you regarding the affect

英语语法：152 “Where” Versus “In Which”

Today well be looking at two constructions that are correct, but which one you choose depends on your audience. In Which Versus Where The expressions that concern us today are which and where. Well be comparing sentences like these: This is the store

英语语法：150 “Shall” Versus “Will”

Grammar Girl here. This episode concerns your future: whether you should use shall or will. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, there are two sets of rules: the stickler version and the peoples version. There is also the British version and the Americ