Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

TV changes how you use language. When to use (and not use) 'more' and 'most'

May 30, 2023

15:46

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How TV Has Influenced Our Language

6min

How to Find a Therapist or Psychiatrist

2min

How to Use Adjectives in English

6min

How to Say a TV Remote Is the Click-a-Clock

2min

Grammar Girl: A Quick and Dirty Tips Podcast

2min

930. How YOU doin? Today we’re going to MacGyver up some fun memories and tips. And then we'll look at the rules about using "more" and "most" or "-er" and "-est." It'll be a yowlie howlie good time!

| Transcript: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/tv-language/transcript

| The "TV language" segment was written by Susan K. Herman, a retired U.S. Government multidisciplined language analyst, analytic editor, and language instructor.

| The "more or most" segment was written by Bonnie Mills who has been a copy editor since 1996.

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