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
Aug 15, 2013 • 6min
379 GG Apostrophes in Science Fiction and Fantasy Names
Who started it and why? Get Grammar Girl's books at http://j.mp/allGGbooks
Aug 9, 2013 • 7min
378 GG Apostrophes and Plurals
Learn how to use apostrophes by pondering a Victoria's Secret ad. Buy Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks
Aug 2, 2013 • 6min
377 GG Royal "We"
In honor of the new royal baby, more formally known as Prince George Alexander Louis, we're pondering a pompous pronoun choice known as the "royal we." Buy Grammar Girl's books at http://j.mp/allGGbooks.
Jul 19, 2013 • 8min
376 GG Why Do We Have Both A and An?
How English evolved to give us two indefinite articles (a and an), and the odd mix of possessive pronouns that don't quite match. Buy Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks
Jul 11, 2013 • 10min
375 GG What Is It Called When You Mishear Song Lyrics?
Spoonerisms, Mondegreens, Malapropisms, and Eggcorns. Like the podcast? See Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks
Jul 5, 2013 • 7min
374 GG Rebracketing
How to Make Weird Product Names Plural
Jun 21, 2013 • 6min
372 GG Retronyms
Retronyms: Scourge of the Language or Helpful Tool?
Jun 14, 2013 • 10min
371 GG Commma Splice
How to Avoid a Common Comma Error: The Comma Splice
Jun 7, 2013 • 7min
370 GG Why Isn't "Gruntled" A Word?
Why Aren't We Gruntled When We're Happy?
May 31, 2013 • 8min
369 GG Why Does "I" Take Plural Verbs?
"I" is singular, so why do we say "I go" instead of "I goes"?
