With that said, let's welcome Mignon . Mignon Fogarty: Thank you, Nadine. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me here today. I, I used to live in the Bay Area and it's, it's great to be back. Great tobe at Google. Google does not disappoint. I'll tell you. Even your parking lot is cool.
use 'he' generically. Yeah? >>Male Audience Member #2: What about 'they'? Mignon Fogarty: 'They'. You could. Embrace the plural be on the leading edge. I mean that's probably what I would do. Yeah? >>Male Audience Member #3:Mignon Fogarty: You could definitely drop the second 'he' or 'she'. 'Tell the next caller that he or she wins , is the hundredth caller and wins a car.' So it's not so bad because
Mignon Fogarty: 'They'. You could. Embrace the plural be on the leading edge. I mean that's probably what I would do. Yeah? >>Male Audience Member #3:Mignon Fogarty: You could definitely drop the second 'he' or 'she'. 'Tell the next caller that he or she wins , is the hundredth caller and wins a car.' So it's not so bad becauseyou get rid of the second awkward 'he or she' so that would be better too. Yeah.
Female Audience Member #1: So "they" is OK? Mignon Fogarty: 'They' is okay if you're willing to take a little bit of heat. So and I tell people, I say, 'Be bold. Use "they". Fight for advancementof our language.' But you have to know that you will take criticism. I mean like I said, I posted, obviously my followers are bigger sticklers than most people. But I posted this
just know that you should avoid it whenever you can and when you do use it, it'll, it'll cause some people to cringe. Yeah. >>Male Audience Member #6: Mignon Fogarty: Um hmm. >>Male Audience Member #6: Mignon Fogarty: It's true. No, you're right. Some people,in, in sort of trying to swing the pendulum the other way from 'It was he' for so long for the last hundred years. Now they'll use 'she' all the time except when it's negative
form of ëtheirí to use, go to Sista Sally's YouTube page and learn some ways to make your comments less whack. Mignon Fogarty: So it's seems so simple. It's your, their with the apostrophes. And it's true. When you go to YouTube and you see the comments, it's always the wrong 'its'and the wrong 'you're' and 'we're' instead of 'we areí and ëwere'. So what's the deal?
up? I'm sorry. >>Male Audience Member #9: People seem to think that all plurals need apostrophes. And I have an example, a challenge for you. Mignon Fogarty: Okay. >>Male Audience Member #9: I was wearing Levis and an apostrophe might look >>Mignon Fogarty: Yes.Male Audience Member #9: Is an apostrophe wrong? Do you skip it when it's a word like trousers or ? >>Mignon Fogarty: So the question was about
The P is capitalized. >>Male Audience Member #12: McMahon? Mignon Fogarty: Hmm? >>Male Audience Member #12: McMahon?Mignon Fogarty: McMahon as for a name. I guess that would be camel case. It comes up so much more often with the name of companies or the band OutKast. They capitalize the K.
Mignon Fogarty: Hmm? >>Male Audience Member #12: McMahon?Mignon Fogarty: McMahon as for a name. I guess that would be camel case. It comes up so much more often with the name of companies or the band OutKast. They capitalize the K.They use a K. I mean what do you expect? Really, we're gonna hold them to high standards when they spell OutKast with a K? I, I think it's, it's,
Just try to avoid it when it's unnecessary. Yeah. Mignon Fogarty: It is. >>Male Audience Member #13: We donít need to know as much classic grammar as before. >>Mignon Fogarty: Yeah. The one I was really
Just try to avoid it when it's unnecessary. Yeah. Mignon Fogarty: It's actually one of my pet peeves too. So people will say,
Just try to avoid it when it's unnecessary. Yeah. Mignon Fogarty: Okay. >>Audience Member: When is it appropriate to use underlines in printed text versus italics? >>Mignon Fogarty: Hmm. Well it depends on,
And it's not unsafe. An eight ounce filet mignon has six ounces of water in it.
So what does, I mean as Artur set this up, what does serving up great guacamole or great filet mignon have to do with poverty reduction? That was something that I started to figure out very early on in the enterprise.
they're doing. And therefore, their product suffered. I would like the filet mignon , but I don't like beef.
Male Audience Member #4: >>Mignon Fogarty: 'Tell the next caller that the caller is the hundredth caller.' 'Tell the, tell the next person' >>Male Audience Member #4: Mignon Fogarty: 'that ñ' Yeah. I mean I cannot think of another way to do this without 'they' and that is probably what I would do. I would embrace the 'they' and Male Audience Member #5: >>Mignon Fogarty: S-SLASH-HE. S-she. And they
"Selling sex as a perk isn't allowed yet, and our wives would murder us, but one of us will act as a sperm donor in giving your child a celebrity I've got a nice cut of filet mignon .
And I cannot tell for sure by poking. Because a sirloin feels different than a filet mignon . And my hand-- this is the silly one-- all the books say, well, if your hand is flexed like this, that's medium rare.
Female Presenter: Hi everyone. Has anyone ever fumbled with using a semi-colon or question mark? Struggled with whether it was more appropriate to use 'who' or 'whom'? Further or farther? Authors@Google is happy to welcome grammar guru Mignon Fogarty. Mignon is the host of 'Grammar Girl' and founder of Quick and Dirty Tips. 'Grammar Girl' shares quick and friendly tips to improve your writing, including tips on punctuation, style, business tips and more.
tips to improve your writing, including tips on punctuation, style, business tips and more. Before 'Grammar Girl', Mignon has worked as a magazine and technical writer. She has a BA in English from the University of Washington and an MS in Biology from Stanford University. With that said, let's welcome Mignon .
it right out of these waters. Like, a little mignonette, and that's all. That's all you need, if that.
Before 'Grammar Girl', Mignon has worked as a magazine and technical writer. She has a BA in English from the University of Washington and an MS in Biology from Stanford University. With that said, let's welcome Mignon . Mignon Fogarty: Thank you, Nadine. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me here today. I, I used to live in the Bay Area and it's, it's great to be back. Great to
Just try to avoid it when it's unnecessary. Yeah. Male Audience Member #13: Yeah. >.Mignon Fogarty: Yeah.
Can anyone tell me why I'm wearing this mask? We're sitting there, oh, I want a filet mignon that's really tender.
Brooke: Bowery kitchen supply in Chelsea market and get a great 50 dollar cutting board and kind of start from there, right? James: Right. Brooke: Another thing that we say is don't try to make filet mignon with PB and J skills. Think about what your skill level is you're starting off with.
Thank you so much for coming today. As I said, he was eating his meals at Delmonico's every night, filet mignon .
or the next day-- or what to do with this animal that they just slaughtered, and have all this extra meat-- or anywhere there's been a lower socioeconomic class that hasn't had access to sort of the, you know, filet mignon and tenderloin, and has had to make do with off-cuts and intestines and things like that-- anywhere that's happened in the world, sausage has been invented.
Usually. Usually. Right. Anything above 13.5, 14 is going to fight with the high-flavored food. Yes. And the thing is, if your life consists of going and eating rare filet mignon , every night, then you might have a justification for a 15% Cabernet or a 15% Zinfandel.
I actually was always the one who wore the apron in the relationship. We have got probably our signature dish, which has been on the menu now since we opened, is our filet mignon .