Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Questions, Questions, So Many Questions!

Dec 30, 2021

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The Colors of Cowardice and Blue

02:41

The American Heritage Dictionary and Garner's Modern English Usage

02:29

Afterward or Afterward in English?

02:14

Introduction

2min

The Colors of Cowardice and Blue

3min

The American Heritage Dictionary and Garner's Modern English Usage

2min

The Plural of Anyways Is Becoming More and More Common

2min

Afterward or Afterward in English?

2min

What's the Difference Between Possessive and Possive?

3min

I have a big metaphorical pile of questions from listeners in which the answers are too short to be a whole podcast segment, so today, I'm going to string them together and do a bunch of quick hits. We'll talk about color idioms, formatting bullet points, and the words "fulsome," "presently," "anyways," "afterward," and more.

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