Heddwen Newton and I briefly talked about misles in last week's Grammar Girl podcast, so here's a video with a deeper explanation and some examples. There's a name for a certain kind of mispronunciation where you get the syllables wrong in a word because you've only seen it written down. You've never heard it pronounced out loud. It's called a "misle." It's based on a misunderstanding of the verb "misled" thinking it's pronounced "mizeled." So, "He mizeled me" instead of "He misled me." And then people think the present tense is "misle." So, saying "Don't misle me." Other examples are: — Thinking "biopic" is pronounced "bi-opic" — Thinking "barfly" is pronounced "barf-ly" — Thinking "warplanes" is pronounced "warp lanes" — Thinking "infrared" is pronounced "in-frared" Those are misles. Check out the whole fun interview: WATCH: https://lnkd.in/gKDJE5T7 READ: https://lnkd.in/gDhjG7ci LISTEN: https://lnkd.in/gPB54_Pj
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Wishing you an OK day on March 23 — National OK Day! 👍 Back in 1839, the Boston Morning Post published the first known instance of "OK" (writing it "o.k."). It was an abbreviation for the joking misspelling of "all correct": "oll korrekt." If you want to hear the whole story of how "OK" survived when other similar funny abbreviations faded away, the link to the podcast is in the first comment.
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Get your kids to read aloud. It makes a difference! 📚 I learned a lot about literacy in my interview with Kate Crist, but there's even more. Today, I learned that having kids read aloud helps them learn to read, especially when someone else reads the passage aloud for them first. I'll put a link to her blog post and the recent interview in the first comment.
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Do you have a favorite reference book? One of my favorites is "The Best Punctuation Book, Period," by June Casagrande, so I was thrilled when she joined me for today's Grammar Girl podcast! 😍 When I asked her what the most difficult punctuation mark is, her first answer surprised me — she said the period. No kidding! Check out the whole fascinating discussion. Links in the first comment.
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You've probably been told you should write in active voice, but do you know why? And do you know how to identify it? Active voice puts the person or thing doing something front and center — and that actually improves reading comprehension. If you want people to understand what you're writing (and who doesn't?), active voice helps! A great trick for testing if a sentence is in passive voice is to see if you can add "by zombies" to the end. If so, you probably have a passive voice sentence that you should rewrite with those "zombies" front and center. Here's an example: ❌ The dogs were walked [by zombies]. ✅ Zombies walked the dogs. Here's a more real-life example: ❌ The report was sent Friday [by accounting]. ✅ Accounting sent the report Friday. If you want other easy writing tips, check out the entire LinkedIn Learning course Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. The link is in the first comment. And please share this post so other people can watch the free video and benefit from this simple way to tweak your writing to make it better! #AlwaysBeLearning #WritingTips
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One of my favorite stories is how we got the word "OK" from wise-cracking 19th century journalists and a presidential election campaign. The first segment of the podcast this week tells that story! And then, keeping with the era, we look at some fun Victorian tea idioms. Scandal water, anyone? Links to podcast and transcript are in the first comment.
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I've been watching people change the way they think about Wikipedia for a few years and had a fascinating discussion this week with Jonathan Rick about the controls Wikipedia has on what can be included in an entry — and what can't. If you've ever wondered how things work behind the scenes at Wikipedia or have ever thought about writing or editing entries, you'll find this episode as interesting as I did! Links in the first comment.
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Don't make these common mistakes: 🚫 1980's 🚫 CD's 🚫 Banana's are on sale We don't use apostrophes to make things plural! The only exception is for single letters, as in "Mind your P's and Q's." Like this video? Share it with a friend and check out my whole punctuation course. The link is in the first comment.
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