- Since "drop" can mean both "to release" and "to cancel," it can get confusing. We look at how this confusion came to be (and how to avoid it). Plus, we wade into the debate about whether there's a right or a wrong way to pronounce "often."
| Transcript: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/drop-often/transcript)
The "often" segment was written by Edwin Battistella) and originally appeared on the OUP Blog. Read the original here).
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