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I Cannot Tell a Lie (but I Can Mislead! And Sometimes People Do It With Percentages.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

English - April 08, 2022 10:30 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB - ★★★★ - 2.6K ratings
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We look at the linguistic difference between lying and misleading, and then because people often lie with numbers, we look at the difference between "percent" and "percentage" and how to use them.
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We look at the linguistic difference between lying and misleading, and then because people often lie with numbers, we look at the difference between "percent" and "percentage" and how to use them.


| SPONSORS: https://masterworks.io/about/disclosure and https://bit.ly/ggondemand with the code MACMIL and https://bombas.com/grammar and https://monday.com/podcast.


| Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates.


| Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course.


| Peeve Wars card game. 


| Grammar Girl books. 


| HOST: Mignon Fogarty


| VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)


| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.


| Theme music by Catherine Rannus at beautifulmusic.co.uk.


| Links:


https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/


https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts


https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe


https://www.tiktok.com/@therealgrammargirl


http://twitter.com/grammargirl


http://facebook.com/grammargirl


http://facebook.com/grammargirl


http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl


https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl

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