For years, I meandered blithely through life thinking that “less” and “fewer” meant the same thing. For the sake of convenience, I used “less” for everything…less cars, less people, less things to do… Now? I shudder at the thought. So, are you ready to learn tip two on how to instantly sound smarter? Fewer is for anything you can count. Less is for anything you can’t count. So it’s actually FEWER cars, FEWER people, and FEWER things to do, since you can count all of those! Yo

I am SO excited about this podcast because it kicks off a mini-series called “5 Ways to Instantly Sound Smarter.” In it, we’re going over 5 of the most common grammatical mistakes that—for better or worse—people get rather judgmental about. And don’t worry. I’m not going to be like, “To fix this, go buy a copy of the MLA Handbook.” Ugh. No. We can fix each issue in the length of a podcast, and I’ll do my best to make them easy to remember! THE FIRST WAY TO INSTANTLY SOUND SMA

Episode 12 of the Vocabbett podcast shares brilliant insults from across television and literature . And when I say “brilliant,” I mean that in both the British sense (“that’s brilliant, darling!”) and the literal sense, as in, they’re full of SAT words! Let me be clear: just because I’m sharing these insults does NOT mean I think you should use them. Be kind at all times ! With that said, let’s dive in! INSULT: “YOU DIMWITTED DILETTANTE!” Translation: “You stupid poser!” S

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