Ellen Jovin

I get asked a lot about effect and effect. The one with the E is a noun and the one with an A is a verb. So, your behavior affects me, that would be an A. Your behavior has an effect on me would be an E. All this today on Something You Should Know.

I get asked a lot about effect and effect. The one with the E is a noun and the one with an A is a verb. So, your behavior affects me, that would be an A. Your behavior has an effect on me would be an E. All this today on Something You Should Know.

I get asked a lot about effect and effect. The one with the E is a noun and the one with an A is a verb. So, your behavior affects me, that would be an A. Your behavior has an effect on me would be an E. All this today on Something You Should Know.

Thank you, Mike. I'm so happy to be here.

Thank you, Mike. I'm so happy to be here.

Thank you, Mike. I'm so happy to be here.

One of the complications with English is that there is just a ton of variety. That's what you get with a global language, many different dialects spoken by people who don't actually always have contact with one another. And it's one of the things that I find exciting and adventurous about the English language.

One of the complications with English is that there is just a ton of variety. That's what you get with a global language, many different dialects spoken by people who don't actually always have contact with one another. And it's one of the things that I find exciting and adventurous about the English language.

One of the complications with English is that there is just a ton of variety. That's what you get with a global language, many different dialects spoken by people who don't actually always have contact with one another. And it's one of the things that I find exciting and adventurous about the English language.

Further and farther is an interesting one for me because I ran into a person in Maryland when I was sitting at my pop-up traveling grammar advice stand, and she was very angry about that. She didn't like that people said further when they meant For distance, for physical distance, she wanted them to use farther. And so that was an example for her of a nails on a chalkboard kind of thing.

Further and farther is an interesting one for me because I ran into a person in Maryland when I was sitting at my pop-up traveling grammar advice stand, and she was very angry about that. She didn't like that people said further when they meant For distance, for physical distance, she wanted them to use farther. And so that was an example for her of a nails on a chalkboard kind of thing.

Further and farther is an interesting one for me because I ran into a person in Maryland when I was sitting at my pop-up traveling grammar advice stand, and she was very angry about that. She didn't like that people said further when they meant For distance, for physical distance, she wanted them to use farther. And so that was an example for her of a nails on a chalkboard kind of thing.

The reality for me, I definitely do not care about that one. And in fact, if you go look it up, you can see that further is used often and has been historically for both physical distances and for metaphorical distances. Like, for example, I went further down the block. I investigated the matter further. I could do both of those, even though the sense is slightly different.

The reality for me, I definitely do not care about that one. And in fact, if you go look it up, you can see that further is used often and has been historically for both physical distances and for metaphorical distances. Like, for example, I went further down the block. I investigated the matter further. I could do both of those, even though the sense is slightly different.

The reality for me, I definitely do not care about that one. And in fact, if you go look it up, you can see that further is used often and has been historically for both physical distances and for metaphorical distances. Like, for example, I went further down the block. I investigated the matter further. I could do both of those, even though the sense is slightly different.

But some purists will insist on using farther for anything where you can kind of measure it with a ruler.

But some purists will insist on using farther for anything where you can kind of measure it with a ruler.

But some purists will insist on using farther for anything where you can kind of measure it with a ruler.

Yeah, there's a lot of discussion about that. I talk to an awful lot of people about lie down and lay down. And In a lot of people's sort of natural dialects they grow up speaking, they just use lay down in cases where I, for example, would use lie down. I need to lay down for a bit. There I would say lie down. They're both words that begin with L. They're short. They sound the same.

Yeah, there's a lot of discussion about that. I talk to an awful lot of people about lie down and lay down. And In a lot of people's sort of natural dialects they grow up speaking, they just use lay down in cases where I, for example, would use lie down. I need to lay down for a bit. There I would say lie down. They're both words that begin with L. They're short. They sound the same.