Grammar Girl’s Tips for Better Writing
Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 by Frank Roche
I’ve enjoyed Grammar Girl’s podcasts lately. Her posts are crisp, clean and to-the-point. Most of here podcasts run just a couple minutes, so they’re easy to process and still leave me time to listen to Coffee Break Spanish. Here’s a quick tip from Grammar Girl about when to use bad versus badly :
The quick and dirty tip is that it is correct to say you feel bad when you are expressing an emotion. To say, “I feel badly,” implies that there’s something wrong with your sense of touch. Every time I hear people say, “I feel badly,” I imagine them in a dark room having trouble feeling their way around with numb fingers.
You can find Grammar Girl on iTunes and at her Grammar Girl site.
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ourman
Feb 2nd, 2007
Ha…I’m a coffee break Spanisher too. Just been writing about it. I am moving to Nicaragua in just over a month – I’m running out of time
Frank Roche
Feb 3rd, 2007
Hey, good luck…Coffee Break Spanish really helps, but I bet after a short time in Nicaragua you’ll be quickly up to speed.
Sarah
Apr 2nd, 2007
This is the only pod cast I listen to. Call me a geek. I am a total fashion freak. I confess I read some gossip blogs. But I also listen to people talk about grammar? Sampling. Part of the beauty of the internet, but not real focus of this comment. his to this comment.
I think the reason I don’t listen to more podcasts or to podcasts more regularly is that I prefer to control the pace that information comes at me (hence, I don’t tend to watch TV or listen to constructed content on the radio. I almost never see movies in the theater). I listen to iTunes… my songs, paused when I want. Use TIVO (switching over to Apple TV) if I do watch TV.
For some reason I break many of what are some pretty ingrained habits to listen to her. I recommend taking a break from Brit, Lindsay, and Paris and listening to a girl who has something to say. It may not be water cooler conversation, but I really like this podcast. It is pleasant to listen to. The content lends itself well to the spoken word. She has a point. I know what it is. I go there to get valuable information – and, I am never disappointed.