800 - What Did You Step On? And Is That a Desert or a Dessert?

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

English - December 03, 2020 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.84 MB - ★★★★ - 2.6K ratings
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Previous Episode: 799 - What 'Whence' Has to Do with 'Where Are You At?' 'Regime' or 'Regimen'?

Next Episode: 801 - How to Get Your 'Just Deserts.' Comma After 'But'? Why?

Here's why you can ignore zombie rules and why it's actually better to write "What did you step on?" than "On what did you step?" (But also when you can't ignore those rules!) Then, I have two great memory tricks to help you remember the spellings for "dessert" and "desert." They relate to camels and, well, food.

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