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In-Depth Series: Battling with English

  • Number of episodes: 5
  • Open/closed: open
  • Date of earliest show: 2018-05-23
  • Date of latest show: 2022-06-01
  • Series RSS feeds: ogg, spx, mp3
Looking at the English language and highlighting some common anomalies, mistakes, mispellings, grammar problems and similar.

hpr3608 :: Battling with English - part 5 hosted by Dave Morriss

Wednesday, 2022-06-01. 00:15:27. Explicit.
grammar, spelling, homonym, Eggcorn.

Confused homophones; misunderstanding words from other countries; Eggcorns

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hpr3525 :: Battling with English - part 4 hosted by Dave Morriss

Friday, 2022-02-04. 00:15:20. Explicit.
grammar, spelling, plurals, word misuse, English, language evolution.

Some confusion with English plurals; strange language changes

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hpr2751 :: Battling with English - part 3 hosted by Dave Morriss

Monday, 2019-02-18. 00:13:42. Explicit.
grammar, spelling, punctuation, word misuse, English.

Misunderstandings about English grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.

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hpr2596 :: Battling with English - part 2 hosted by Dave Morriss

Monday, 2018-07-16. 00:21:22. Explicit.
grammar, spelling, punctuation, word misuse, English, apostrophe.

Misunderstandings about English grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.

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hpr2558 :: Battling with English - part 1 hosted by Dave Morriss

Wednesday, 2018-05-23. 00:11:18. Explicit.
grammar, spelling, punctuation, word misuse, English.

Misunderstandings about English grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.

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