Grammar
Eric (pictured on the far right) with friends in Kuwait in 2006 shortly before going to Iraq.

Speaking military slang

Have you ever been a part of a conversation that you didn’t quite understand because you were unfamiliar with some of the vocabulary?

a child doing a cannonball at Sholem Aquatic Center
Photo Courtesy of Champaign Park District

Summer Grammarphobia

Vacation, lemonade, air-conditioning…. Ever wonder the origins of the words we use during the summertime? This hour on Focus, Jeff Bossert talks with Patricia O’Conner, author of “Woe is I” about summer grammar. We welcome your grammar pet peeves and questions this hour on Focus!

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