Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing   /     Taylor Swift Doesn't Need Your Grammatical Approval. In Love. Foil Lump Surprise.

Summary

968. We explain why Taylor Swift's album title doesn't need an apostrophe and how the preposition "in" signals passion.

Subtitle
968. We explain why Taylor Swift's album title doesn't need an apostrophe and how the preposition "in" signals passion.
Duration
00:13:24
Publishing date
2024-02-13 10:00
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Contributors
  Mignon Fogarty, Valerie Fridland
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Shownotes

968. This week, I expand on my comments for the New York Times about Taylor Swift's grammatically sound but apostrophe-free new album title: "The Tortured Poets Department." Plus, we dive deep into the nuances between "loving" someone and being "in love," tracing how the word evolved from the ancient Proto-Indo-European root "leubh" yet still doesn't fully capture love's complexity across languages. 

The "in love" segment was written by Valerie Fridland, a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada in Reno and the author of "Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English." You can find her at valeriefridland.com.

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