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Do you have a boss who keeps telling you that you can only say "also will," never "will also"? Someone who edits you and insists that "none" is always singular?

Now you have ammunition to use in your arguments against such shibboleths: the "Stupid Rules" podcast, a compilation of 12 short podcasts on so-called rules of style and grammar that Copyediting editor Wendalyn Nichols assures you can safely be jettisoned.

Here's what you'll find in the podcast:

• STUPID RULES 1: "They"—In this episode, commandment number 1: Thou shalt never use “they” to refer to a singular subject. (4 min.)

• STUPID RULES 2: "Collective Nouns"—In this episode, commandment number 2: Thou shalt always use a singular verb with a collective noun. (3 min.)

• STUPID RULES 3: "Between"—In this episode, commandment number 3: Thou shalt always use “between” with two items and “among” with three items or more. (3 min.)

• STUPID RULES 4: "The reason why"—In this episode, commandment number 4: Thou shalt never write the phrase “the reason why.” (5 min.)

• STUPID RULES 5: "Is comprised of"—In this episode, commandment number 5: Thou shalt never use “is comprised of.” (3 min.)

• STUPID RULES 6: "Hopefully"—In this episode, commandment number 6: Thou shalt never use “hopefully” as a sentence adverb. (3 min.)

• STUPID RULES 7: "Split infinitives"—In this episode, commandment number 7: Thou shalt not split an infinitive. (3 min.)

• STUPID RULES 8: "Split multi-part verbs"—In this episode, commandment number 8: Thou shalt not split a multi-word verb. (2 min.)

• STUPID RULES 9: "Sentence-ending prepositions"—In this episode, commandment number 9: Thou shalt never end a sentence with a preposition. (2 min.)

• STUPID RULES 10: "Singular ‘none’"—In this episode, commandment number 10: Thou shalt never use the pronoun none with a plural verb. (1 min.)

• STUPID RULES 11: "Fewer" is never “less”—In this episode, commandment number 11: Always use “less” for uncountable amounts and “fewer” for countable ones. (4 min.)

• STUPID RULES 12: "More than" is never “over”—In this episode, commandment number 12: Never use “over” as a synonym for “more than.” (4 min.)

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