Is Redundancy OK in a Radio Script?

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The Grammar Girl Week in Review Is Redundancy OK in a Radio Script? A listener named Tim wrote on Twitter that he had heard someone on NPR say that another person "often frequented” a venue, and Tim thought the phrase often frequented sounded redundant. ...Read More 06/17/2016 7:05am View           Is "Funnest" a Word? Researching the word “funnest” and its close relation “funner” turned out to be a lot less fun than I had hoped. The opinions are so varied that I became completely engrossed and frustrated and forgot to call my mother on her birthday. Sorry, Mom. ...Read More 06/16/2016 10:05pm View           How to Pronounce Adirondack Apparently, I’ve been mispronouncing Adirondack my whole life, and thanks to the listeners who let me know. It is “ad-uh- ron-dak,” not “ aid-re-on-dak” as I said last week. The Adirondack Mountains are in New York state and are part of the larger Appalachian mountain range. ...Read More 06/16/2016 2:25pm View               FROM QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS Get More Grammar Girl Visit the website. Subscribe to the Grammar Girl podcast at iTunes or via RSS. Find Grammar Girl books, gear, and more at the Quick and Dirty Tips store. Have Questions? Search the Quick and Dirty Tips website. We have more than 600 articles about grammar and language. There's a good chance your question has already been covered.                 Best wishes, (and the Quick and Dirty Tips Team)                 Want more tips? If this was forwarded to you by a friend and you'd like to receive future tips, you can sign up here. Please don't use the subscribe/unsubscribe link at the bottom of the page because this will overwrite your friend's subscription. (If this came directly to you, you can use the subscribe/unsubscribe link below to manage your subscription.)                 FOLLOW ME

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