

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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Feb 26, 2015 • 15min
456 GG Is Starting a Sentence With So Condescending?
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When "First" Is Redundant
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Is Starting a Sentence With So Condescending?
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Synecdoche
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Feb 20, 2015 • 33sec
Announcement
There was a death in my family, so I don't have a show this week. I'll be back next week. If you're looking for something new to listen to while I'm away, try one of the other Quick and Dirty Tips podcasts. Some of them are listed here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grammar-girl-quick-dirty-tips/id173429229?mt=2 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 12, 2015 • 11min
455 GG Why Do We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways?
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Dreamed or Dreamt?
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Parkway, Driveway, and Dooryard
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Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
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Watch my TEDx talk: Who Votes for New Words?
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Feb 5, 2015 • 12min
454 GG Splitting Infinitives
Capitalizing Theories. Splitting Infinitives. Samuel Johnson. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 29, 2015 • 13min
453 GG Less Versus Fewer
Follow along on the website: Capitalizing Time Periods http://j.mp/1z4W6bX Less Versus Fewer http://j.mp/1yP50d4 Bee's Knees http://j.mp/1DiC0dw ---- Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop http://j.mp/1H5YiSj Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 22, 2015 • 18min
452 GG Why People Misuse Prepositions
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Compliment Versus Complement
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Saving Our Prepositions
http://j.mp/1yOHBdJ
How 8 Fonts Got Their Names
http://j.mp/1xZXLdg
Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop
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Jan 15, 2015 • 14min
451 GG Impossible Participals
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Commas Before "Jr."
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Impossible Participles
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Onomatopoeia
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Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop
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Jan 8, 2015 • 32min
450 GG Is Sign Language Universal?
Tons of fascinating tidbits about sign language from interpreter David Peach
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http://j.mp/1EQ3dsJ
Find David online:
http://twitter.com/dpeach
http://learnsigns.com
Sponsor:
http://AudiblePodcast.com/GG
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Jan 1, 2015 • 10min
449 GG Double Possessives
Follow along on the website: Transitive Versus Intransitive Verbs http://j.mp/1AUkNaZ Double Possessives http://j.mp/1x8OVy2 Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop http://j.mp/1H5YiSj Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 25, 2014 • 12min
448 GG How Our Brains Process Hyperbole
Follow along on the website: Champ Versus Chomp http://j.mp/1Cp9TsZ Hyperbole http://j.mp/1HkXt6c Adulting http://j.mp/1sNOALZ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.


