Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Welcome to Cate’s Take, the first of my 2-minute Tuesdays, where I offer tools for all things writing—and what better place than in a wordshop, er, workshop! We’ll talk grammar, punctuation, word use, and style—and all under 2 minutes. To kick off our QuickTakes, we’re...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Welcome to my “wordshop” and another QuickTakes with Cate on all things writing in under two minutes. Today we look at word use: the words “home” and “hone.” You might remember that in the movie, E.T., a sad-eyed alien points a finger toward the sky...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Welcome to 2-Minute Tuesday and another QuickTakes with Cate. Today’s segment is titled the 100-Meter Hyphen—NOT! C’mon now, we all know it’s the 100-Meter DASH. So what’s up with that? Is the hyphen the same as a dash and a dash the same as a...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Hey, everyone! Welcome back to QuickTakes with Cate on all things writing in under two minutes. Here’s a question I often hear from my students: Can you start a sentence with “and”? “And why not?” I reply. Somewhere along the way, it seems, an English...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Welcome to 2-Minute Tuesday and Cate’s take on all things writing. Time today to settle a grammar dispute between a husband and wife. Not long ago, a friend sent me a text saying, “Hey, quick grammar question. I’m creating a website and my husband says...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Welcome to 2-Minute Tuesday and QuickTakes with Cate. Today we look at a pair of commonly confused words, the words while and wile—two words I almost stumbled over as I wrote about my novel’s main character. Eden is sitting on an upturned bucket on the...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Hey everyone, it’s 2-Minute Tuesday and another QuickTake with Cate on all things writing in under two minutes. You know how it is: There you are writing happily away, minding your own business, when suddenly something pops into your head, something intriguing, something that’s got...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Hey, everyone, welcome back to QuickTakes with Cate and an episode of the reality show, Keeping Up with the Klausashians! Today’s topic features my very own relatives! You can spot an Armenian name by the endings “ian” or “yan.” And what better time to peek...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Hey everyone, it’s 2-Minute Tuesday and another QuickTake with Cate on all things writing in under two minutes. Today’s topic might be one of the most emotionally charged issues online, with the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Slate, and other sources joining the outcry—which is what...
Video Transcript and Bonus Info: Hey everyone, it’s 2-Minute Tuesday and another QuickTake with Cate. This episode is dedicated to my personal trainer, whose tortures include wall balls, sled pushes, and battle ropes. But there is no worse torture than her order to “lay down!” It’s not holding the plank...