Listen "A 'Funner' Guide to Language Usage"
Episode Synopsis
Anne Curzan, University of Michigan professor of English language and literature, linguistics, and education and the author of Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words (Crown, 2024), offers her guide to English usage, where the 'rules' started and how to use them. Her weekly chats about language on Michigan Public Radio are available as a podcast called “That’s What They Say.”
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