Fun with Conan the Grammarian
Write better, even if it hurts.
Fun with Conan the Grammarian

Episode 28

Roll vs. role
Dialogue attribution: if said was good enough for Hemingway, it's good enough for you

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Episode 27

Punctuating bulleted lists
Hyphenmania!

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Episode 26

Lose vs. loose
Sharing on social media

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Episode 25

HTML clipboard

Yea, yah, ya

Tautology

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Episode 24

That vs. which
Pet peeves, the sequel

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Episode 23

Bimonthly: twice a month or every other month?
The real world vs. the fiction world
Conan's pet peeves

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Episode 22

Taming a rogue subordinate clause
Less vs. fewer
Too many editors spoil the manuscript

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Episode 21

Split infinitives
Show, don't tell

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Episode 20

Insure/ensure/assure
Malapropisms

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Episode 19

Indefinite/definite articles
Facts...or opinions?

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Episode 18

The College Edition

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Episode 17

Semicolons
Story vs. style

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Episode 16

Principal/principle
Mailbag

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Episode 15

Good vs. well
Brevity

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Episode 14

Affect/effect
Hyphens and dashes

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Episode 13

A or an
Hey! My cable guy's a proofreader too!

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Episode 12

Plurals, take two
Comma tally voo?

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Episode 11

Plurals
Editing with audio files

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Episode 10

Me, myself and I
'Tis the season to send annoying holiday greetings

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Episode 9

You're/your
News release writing for dummies

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