Taylor Swift Doesn't Need Your Grammatical Approval. In Love. Foil Lump Surprise.
968. We explain why Taylor Swift's album title doesn't need an apostrophe and how the preposition "in" signals passion.
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The "in love" segment was written by Valerie Fridland, a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada in Reno and the author of "Like Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English." You can find her at https://valeriefridland.com.
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References for the "in love" segment:
Lomas, T. (2018). The flavours of love: A cross‐cultural lexical analysis. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 48(1), 134–152.
Meyers, S. A., & Berscheid, E. (1997). The language of love: The difference a preposition makes. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 23(4), 347-362.
Savvy Psychologist's "8 Factors that Influence Your Love Life" Episode: https://savvy-psychologist.simplecast...
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