词汇大师-- 'How Are Yinz Doin?' Pittsburghers Ask

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: we discuss a local dialect spoken in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the host city for this week's Group of 20 economic summit. That's Rosanne's hometown, and she went back in 2000 to t

词汇大师-- Writer Says Bias Against Sayers

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: our guest is writer Michael Erard, author of a new book called Um... MICHAEL ERARD: People who have studied speech patterns notice that there are really two groups of people: one

法律英语：71 Unlawful Versus Illegal

by Michael W. Flynn Hello, and welcome to a special joint episode of Grammar Girls Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing and Legal Lads Quick and Dirty Tips for a More Lawful Life. Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is illegal versus unlawful. Here's

法律英语：72 Unlawful Versus Illegal（2）

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is illegal versus unlawful. Here's a question from Jed in Washington, D.C. From my seat on the bus, I could see a big sign listing things that were unlawful to do on the bus (such as eat, listen to loud music, etc.) I

英语语法：175 Hanged Versus Hung

Grammar Girl here. I know I promised that the next episode would be about apostrophes, but Zach wrote in with a grammar emergency tied to the execution of Saddam Hussein. I'm sure we all realize there are more important aspects to this story than rep

英语语法：170 Dragged Versus Drug

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is dragged versus drug. I've been renovating a condo, and last week I posted a message on Twitter that started out with the sentence I drug myself over to the condo. I was sharing this bit of information to get to the

英语语法：163 Biweekly Versus Semiweekly

Grammar Girl here. In honor of the increased show production schedule, today's topic is biweekly versus semiweekly. How to Remember the Definitions of Bi- and Semi- The prefixes bi- and semi- are different. Bi- means two and semi- means half. You can

英语语法：165 Can Versus May

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is can versus may. A listener named Donna says that after familiarizing herself with the definitions and usages of can and may, she still isn't sure which word to use in this sentence: May we expect you tomorrow? or C

英语语法：180 How to Write Numbers

Grammar Girl here. Since this is my 100th episode, it seems like a fitting time to talk about how to use numbers in sentences. [Note: There are many exceptions to the rules about how to write numbers. These tips will point you in the right direction,

英语语法：187 Is a Troop One Person or a Group?

Today, guest-writer Neal Whitman will help us understand why the word troops can refer to the number of individuals or groups. What Does Troops Mean? Memorial Day is next week, when we in the U.S. honor members of the military who have died in the li

英语语法：189 Less Versus Fewer

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is less versus fewer. Less and fewer are easy to mix up. They mean the same thingthe opposite of morebut you use them in different circumstances (1). The basic rule is that you use less with mass nouns and fewer with

英语语法：197 A Versus An

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is a versus an. A lot of people learned the rule that you put a before words that start with consonants and an before words that start with vowels, but it's actually a bit more complicated than that. For example, here

英语语法：209 Zeroscape Versus Xeriscape

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the word xeriscape. This is kind of a self-indulgent podcast for me. I've been house hunting lately, and I swear if one more real estate agent tells me about a property's wonderful zeroscape, I'm going to rent for

英语语法：144 “All Right” Versus “Alright”

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic concerns three sets of words that are easy to confuse: all together (two words) and altogether (one word), all ready (two words) and already (one word), and all right (two words) and alright (one word). As well see sho

英语语法：113 Zeroscape Versus Xeriscape

图片1 Photo courtesy of Laura Herman, Tampa, Florida Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the word xeriscape. This is kind of a self-indulgent podcast for me. I've been house hunting lately, and I swear if one more real estate agent tells me about a

英语语法：153 “Which” Versus “That”

Since Halloween is coming up, I thought you could use a refresher about whiches--more specifically, when to use a which and when to use a that. To understand the difference between which and that, first you need to understand the difference between a

英语语法：149 “Principal” Versus “Principle”

Grammar Girl here. Today were going to recall that the principal is indeed your pal, but well also see that a principal can be so much more. In this episode well talk about the various ways to use principlethats p-l-eand principalthats p-a-l. (These

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：65 Irregardless Versus Regardless

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is irregardless. Hi, Grammar Girl. I'm an English teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, and I am freaking out. One of my students tells me that irregardless is now a word, and apparently it's been added to some dictionari

英语语法：70 Misplaced Modifiers

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is misplaced modifiers. Of all the writing errors you can make, misplaced modifiers are among the most likely to confuse your readers, but they're also kind of fun because misplaced modifiers can give your sentences s