Words Are Hard

Words Are Hard

By Rachael Waldburger & Ramsay PlautzArtsBooks
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Words Are Hard episodes

  • 3. Zombie Rules

    Have you ever been told you shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition? Don't start a sentence with a conjunction? Never split an infinitive? Turns out these aren't actual rules in English—they're Zombie Rules, which keep coming back even though they should be dead. We'll tell you all about them in this episode!

     

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    19 min
  • 2. Punctuation

    When was the semicolon first used? How can you use punctutation for more than its technical uses? What has Ramsay actually been using all these years when he thought he was using the Oxford Comma? All that and more in our second episode!

     

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    22 min
  • 1. Pilot

    Why is a first episode called a "pilot"? What should you include in the opening chapter of your story? What the heck is synesthesia? What's the difference between Tibetan and Mongolian throat singing? It's all right here in our very first episode!

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    31 min

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Words are hard. We’re here to help.