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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Oct 23, 2013 • 6min

388 GG Style Sheets

Don't make the mistake of treating your style sheet like a style guide. The new grammar game, Grammar Pop, is now available for the iPhone. Look for it in the App Store and try it today!
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Oct 14, 2013 • 11min

387 GG "Because" as a Preposition

What's up with sentences such as I didn't do my homework because Skyrim? Try Grammar Girl's new iPad and iPhone game: Grammar Pop.
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Oct 10, 2013 • 10min

386 - Negation in Night Vale

Welcome to Night Vale: Where even “not” isn’t what it seems.
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Oct 3, 2013 • 4min

117 - Biweekly Versus Semiweekly

Why "biweekly" can have multiple legitimate meanings. Check out the new word game Grammar Pop in the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grammar-pop-hd/id666851934?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l7m5
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Sep 27, 2013 • 8min

385 - Irony

More than five different types of irony? No wonder it's confusing! Guest writer Keith Houston, author of "Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and other Typographical Marks" helps us figure out irony.
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Sep 19, 2013 • 7min

384 - Homophones

Which English homophones came from polysemy and which came from spelling variation? Try our new iPad game, Grammar Pop. If you like the Grammar Girl podcast, you'll love the game.
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Sep 12, 2013 • 10min

383 GG Could Care Less

An excerpt from Bill Walsh's book "Yes, I Could Care Less."
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Sep 5, 2013 • 7min

50 GG Like Versus As

Find out which of these words is a preposition and which is a conjunction. Try Grammar Girl's new iPad game called Grammar Pop. You match words with their part of speech to pop clouds. You can also find Grammar Girl's books at http://j.mp/allGGbooks
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Aug 30, 2013 • 7min

381 GG Prepositions

The fascinating history of English prepositions (yes, really). If you are trying to learn about prepositions, try Grammar Girl's new iPad game called Grammar Pop. You match words with their part of speech, including prepositions. You can also find Grammar Girl's books at http://j.mp/allGGbooks
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Aug 22, 2013 • 9min

380 GG Participles and Gerunds

Prove you know your parts of speech with the new iPad game Grammar Pop. You don't have to know the difference between participles and gerunds to play, but if you're up to the challenge, it's there waiting for you! Look for Grammar Pop in the App Store.

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