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.
Episodes
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May 4, 2012 • 7min
320 GG You Have No Idea How Weird "Do" Is
English's meaningless "do."
Apr 20, 2012 • 5min
318 GG Dashes, Colons, and Commas
They can change the way your sentences feel. Learn how they differ.
Apr 13, 2012 • 9min
317 GG What Does "Proper English" Mean?
You say "proper English," but you mean Standard English
Apr 6, 2012 • 5min
316 GG Sentence Fragments
Will they make editors reject your fiction?
Mar 30, 2012 • 7min
315 GG Possessives
Possessives: They aren't just for possession.
Mar 23, 2012 • 5min
314 GG Mary Sue
Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is usually more interesting.
Mar 2, 2012 • 5min
312 GG This NGD story is "all right."
A Grammar Day tale: When Mr. Brown Met Miss Fox: A Love Story
Feb 17, 2012 • 7min
309 GG Why Do Kids Say "Versing"?
It's older than you think.
Feb 10, 2012 • 7min
308 GG Should We Abandon Standard Spelling?
Should we be more lenient? "L8r" for "later"?
Feb 3, 2012 • 3min
310 GG Stationary, Stationery, Complement, and Compliment
Memory tricks!
