Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 457
Greg Johnson & Millennial Woes on Common Mistakes in English

^[1]252 words / 1:49:28

Earlier this week, Greg Johnson and Millennial Woes ^[2] did a surprise livestream about some common mistakes in English, and it is now available for download and online listening.

Topics discussed include:

00:03:23 “Cliché”
00:04:50 “There is” vs. “There are”
00:07:20 “Bourgeois” vs. “bourgeoisie”
00:08:27 Using “it’s” to mean “belonging to it”
00:09:24 The misuse of “begging the question”
00:13:39 “Eat healthy”
00:16:47 On Latin and Greek plurals and singulars
00:19:08 When to use “me” vs. “I,” and “she” vs. “her”
00:23:06 “Principle” vs. “principal”
00:25:20 “Who” vs. “whom”
00:26:43 “Enormity”
00:29:35 When people erroneously repeat the word “that”
00:30:39 “Hopefully”
00:32:20 “Less” vs. “fewer”
00:33:33 Adding extra vowels to words
00:37:06 “Irregardless”
00:37:28 “Competence” and “competency”
00:41:07 On when to use commas vs. full stops
00:42:48 “Imply” vs. “infer”
00:44:45 “I could care less”
00:45:23 “Disinterested” vs. “uninterested”
00:46:37 “Addicting”
00:48:44 “complement” vs. “compliment”
00:49:54 “On Accident”
00:50:17 “Continual” vs. “continuous”
00:52:45 “Similar to,” “different from,” and “different than”
00:54:54 “The country in which they came from”
00:56:21 “Self-sacrifice themselves”
00:56:43 “Dilemma” and “decimate”
00:59:46 “Extends” vs. “extend” and “has” vs. “have”
01:00:39 “That” and “which”
01:00:54 “That” instead of “who”
01:03:50 “Quote” vs. “quotation”
01:04:48 “Access”
01:05:03 “Interface”
01:06:03 Affect” vs. “effect”
01:08:29 “Hate” as a verb and “hatred” as a noun
01:12:01 “Homogenous” vs. “homogeneous”
01:14:38 Sentences which start with “and” or “but”
01:16:32 “Without further to do”
01:17:51 “If I would have”
01:20:52 What books on writing would you recommend?
01:21:43 “Deep seated” vs. “deep seeded”
01:22:07 “The shop is ran by”
01:23:02 Class: A guide through the American status system
01:31:53 Is Homer Simpson middle class or working class?
01:34:26 On the pronunciation of “formidable”
01:45:54 “Hanged” vs. “hung”

To listen in a player, click here ^[3]. To download, right-click the link and click “save as.”

https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Greg-Johnson-Millennial-Woes-on-Common-Mistakes-in-English.mp3 ^[3]

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