{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgrammar-girl.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fleft-dislocation-m50ZqBQS","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Why some sentences have double subjects. The story behind the old F-like letter S. Schwen schwen on dill. ","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/081bc298-473c-4b7f-b2bc-051ce9d53f7f/3883cd28-ee02-47cd-9ae4-9bb40acf5f11/gg-interview-show-mock-up-art-3.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/185cfe37-997b-4129-b394-8adb35035278\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Why some sentences have double subjects. The story behind the old F-like letter S. Schwen schwen on dill. \" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"987. This week, we look at why people sometimes double their subjects, writing sentences such as \"John, he bought a car,\" and when it's OK (and not OK) to do so. Plus, we talk about the medial S, a strange F-like letter that makes an S-sound and shows up in old documents. We look at how it came to be, its role in English typography, and what made it finally go away."}