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May 2023
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TV changes how you use language. When to...

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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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