Today's topic is capitalizing tricky nouns like Ground Zero, Internet, and Earth. The podcast edition of this article is sponsored by SleepPhones--pajamas for your ears. Get $5 off your order with the code grammar at http://www.sleepphones.com/gg . P

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Today were going to see if we are allowed to drive slow instead of slowly. May we jump high or sit up straight? What about the advertising slogan Eat fresh? Yes, today is adverb day, with a sprinkling of adjectives. The podcast edition of this articl

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by Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is how to use colons. The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by GoToMeeting. With this meeting service, you can hold your meetings over the Internet and give presentations, product demos, and training sessio

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In a recent episode, you learned that adverbs do not always end in -ly, so perhaps you now think differently about adverbs. Wait a minute, though. Should we have said, Think different, as Apple does in its advertising slogan? Lets explore verbs and a

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In today's show, we cover whether you should say you talked to someone or talked with someone. The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by Smarties: the gluten-free, dairy-free, tamper-evident, low-calorie candies for Halloween. Buy Smarties

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Todays topic is whether its OK to switch verb tenses in conditional sentences. It all started with a grammar question about was and were. On the Grammar Girl Facebook page, Veronica wanted to know whether she should write If the test was readminister

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The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by Audible. Get a free audiobook to keep when you sign up for a free 14-day trial at AudiblePodcast.com/gg. Ammar-gray Irl-gay ere-hay. Whoops! Sorry, I slipped into Pig Latin for a moment there. Toda

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by Mignon Fogarty This week in the United States we celebrate Veterans Day, a holiday to remember the end of World War I in 1918, but the name of the holiday brings up a common question: Do we need an apostrophe in the word Veterans? The short answer

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