July 15, 2014

OK, copy editors. Put down the red pencils. Loosen the top buttons of your cardigans. Give “Weird Al” Yankovic three minutes and 46 seconds of your day, and in his new song “Word Crimes,” he will discuss:

  • The difference between “less” and “fewer”
  • How to discern between “its” and “it’s”
  • Why irony and coincidence are different things


Oh, and he takes on “literally,” too.

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Andrew Beaujon reported on the media for Poynter from 2012 to 2015. He was previously arts editor at TBD.com and managing editor of Washington City…
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