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.
Latest episodes
Jan 7, 2016 • 8min
498 GG A Joke About a Mongoose. Writing Dates.
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Dec 31, 2015 • 3min
497 GG Should You Capitalize 'the Force' from Star Wars?
Should You Capitalize 'the Force' from Star Wars?
Dec 24, 2015 • 2min
496 GG Plural of Hippopotamus
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Dec 17, 2015 • 10min
495 GG Pair. Misusing “So” and “Very.” Even Keel
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Recommended book: The Grammar Devotional
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Dec 10, 2015 • 9min
494 GG Pair. Forensic Linguistics. In Cold Blood
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Pair
Forensic Linguistics
In Cold Blood
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Dec 3, 2015 • 12min
493 GG Hoofs or Hooves? Color Phrases
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Recommended Book: The Red Queen's Run
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Nov 27, 2015 • 12min
492. GG. Blue. Kith and Kin
This week, we look at 10 different meanings of the word "blue," including two that are the opposite of each other, and we learn what "kith" means in "kith and kin." Happy Thanksgiving. Follow along on the website: 10 Meanings of 'Blue': http://j.mp/1T2oBOm Kith and Kin: http://j.mp/1jiXWjW Sponsors http://thirdlove.com/grammar http://sockfancy.com Use the code "grammar" If you're shopping at Amazon, we appreciate it when you use our link: http://quickanddirtytips.com/amazon
Nov 12, 2015 • 9min
490 GG Formatting URLs in Text
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Nov 5, 2015 • 13min
489 GG Dialogue Tags. Writing Fight Scenes. NaNoWriMo
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Oct 29, 2015 • 12min
488 GG Hallowe'en. Apostrophes. The Garden Path
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