Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
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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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Jul 23, 2015 • 13min
475 GG How a Comma Can Get You out of a Parking Ticket
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Numbers in Parentheses: http://bit.ly/1GGZDfs
Comma Law: http://bit.ly/1CW2mqj
Minions: http://bit.ly/1TSiDB4
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Jul 16, 2015 • 14min
474 GG Flesh Out. Last Names. Hat Trick.
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Flesh Out or Flush Out? http://j.mp/1TDrE0x
Last Names: http://j.mp/1V57cHH
Hat Trick: http://j.mp/1Mv2j4O
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Jul 9, 2015 • 13min
473 GG How Understanding Toy Story Can Help You Get into College
Follow along on the website: Ban Together or Band Together? http://j.mp/1JTe7xl How Understanding 'Toy Story' Can Help Get You into College. http://j.mp/1S7L4Ik Left Holding the Bag. http://j.mp/1gmXhNG Sponsor: http://AudiblePodcast.com/GG Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jun 23, 2015 • 15min
472 GG Citizen or Resident? Let's and Let Us. Newfangled.
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Jun 18, 2015 • 12min
471 GG Size versus Sized. When Is It OK to Be Redundant? Mind Your P’s and Q’s.
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'King-size' or 'King-sized'?
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When Is It OK to Be Redundant?
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What Does "Mind Your P's and Q's Mean"?
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Jun 12, 2015 • 12min
470 GG Prepositions in Shakespeare
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How Many Spaces After a Colon?
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Prepositions in Shakespeare
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A Treat
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Jun 4, 2015 • 12min
469 GG Kudos. Crossword Puzzles. Squad Goals. June 4, 2015.
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What Does 'Squad Goals' Mean?
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Crosswords
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May 28, 2015 • 10min
468 GG Congratulations. Food Names That Come From Countries…or Not. Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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May 21, 2015 • 14min
467 GG Deep Seeded or Deep Seated?, Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language, Japanese Words in English
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Deep Seeded or Deep Seated?
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Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language
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Japanese Words in English
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May 14, 2015 • 17min
466 GG Healthy Versus Healthful. The Best SAT Essay Ever. Fast and Loose
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Healthy Versus Healthful
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The Best SAT Essay Ever
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Fast and Loose
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