Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.
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Dec 22, 2016 • 9min
548 GG. What Makes Good Stories.
What’s your favorite book and why? The questions are more than just a way to fill your online dating profile—they’re insights into how beloved stories push our psychological and neurological buttons. How does good writing grab you by the brain? My fellow QDT host, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen, leads us through four things your brain relishes in a good story.
Dec 15, 2016 • 9min
547 GG 'A While' or 'Awhile'? Writing Dialogue
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Dec 8, 2016 • 14min
546 GG Anxious/Eager. If Not.
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Dec 1, 2016 • 12min
545 GG Read the Riot Act. The Changing English Language.
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Nov 24, 2016 • 19min
544 GG. Pilgrim Names. Pronouncing Foreign Words
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Nov 17, 2016 • 10min
543 GG. By the Wayside. How to Pronounce 'Biopic'
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Nov 11, 2016 • 8min
542 GG. 'Aloud' or "Out Loud'? Strong Voice
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Nov 3, 2016 • 8min
541 GG Before or Prior To? Foreign Language Syndrome
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Oct 27, 2016 • 11min
540 GG. Cemetery or Graveyard? Peer Editing. To Calendar.
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Oct 20, 2016 • 14min
539 GG Capitalizing Job Titles. I.e. Versus E.g. Sentence Diagramming
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