
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

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!

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.

Oct 10, 2013 • 10min
386 - Negation in Night Vale
Welcome to Night Vale: Where even “not” isn’t what it seems.

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

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.

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.

Sep 12, 2013 • 10min
383 GG Could Care Less
An excerpt from Bill Walsh's book "Yes, I Could Care Less."

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

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

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.