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Mignon Fogarty (born 1967 [1] [2]) is a former faculty member in journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a former science writer who produces an educational podcast about English grammar and usage titled Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, which was named one of the best podcasts of 2007 by iTunes. [3]
The Grammar Girl podcast was the subject of an article in the Wall Street Journal (November 4–5, 2006), recommended by the German newspaper Bild.de (December 1, 2006), [10] profiled on CNN.com (January 23, 2007), [11] and positively reviewed by the Podcasting Tricks website (November 30, 2006).
a game between two teams e.g. Manchester won the tie against London an article of clothing worn around the neck a game result in which neither player/team wins (also draw) a horizontal member, which lies beneath, and binds together, the rails of a railroad (also crosstie) (UK: sleeper) [77] tights
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Coitus interruptus, also known as withdrawal, pulling out or the pull-out method, is an act of birth control during penetrative sexual intercourse, whereby the penis is withdrawn from a vagina prior to ejaculation so that the ejaculate may be directed away in an effort to avoid insemination. [2] [3]
[2] The term 'dummy pronoun' refers to the function of a word in a particular sentence, not a property of individual words. For example, 'it' in the example from the previous paragraph is a dummy pronoun, but 'it' in the sentence "I bought a sandwich and ate it " is a referential pronoun (referring to the sandwich).
"Word Crimes" is a song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun (2014). The song is a parody of the 2013 single "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I.
In British English (BrE), collective nouns can take either singular (formal agreement) or plural (notional agreement) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.