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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Ambrose Bierce, from ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’ to disappearing in Mexico, with Jim Norrena
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2025-05-15
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Why 'epitome' is confusing. Quirky stories behind baby animal names. Alice doors
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2025-05-13
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How YouTubers' voices evolve, with Andrew Cheng
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2025-05-08
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What dictionary labels tell us about words. Why we say 'mama'. DU, STU, and LO.
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2025-05-06
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The secret to writing ‘the same but different,’ with Mary Robinette Kowal
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2025-05-01
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'Lit' vs. 'lighted.' The mysteries of the dollar sign. Redd up.
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2025-04-29
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Ghostwriters, book deals, and AI: What you didn’t know about publishing, with Dan Gerstein
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2025-04-24
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'I.e.' versus 'e.g.' What Shakespeare actually added to English. Four schnitzels.
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2025-04-22
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AI and the future of dictionaries, with Erin McKean
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2025-04-17
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Better paragraph breaks. The story behind 'mad money' and 'pin money.' Bruce bad.
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2025-04-15
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The future of editing jobs in the age of AI, with Samantha Enslen
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2025-04-10
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How to write photo captions. The real difference between ‘immigrate’ and ‘emigrate.’ Ko Pha-ngan'd
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2025-04-08
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The hidden techniques behind well-paced fiction, with Joshua Essoe
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2025-04-03
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Why don't we say the L in 'walk'? Never use 'always.' PABST
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2025-04-01
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Exploring slang, AI ghost words, and language change, with Heddwen Newton
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2025-03-27
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What’s wrong with "'til"? Why tiny words control conversations. How many cookies?
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2025-03-25
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The best punctuation book, period, with June Casagrande
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2025-03-20
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Why we say ‘OK.’ How tea shaped English slang. Poetry winner
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2025-03-18
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Behind the scenes of Wikipedia: editing, accuracy, and notability, with Jonathan Rick
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2025-03-13
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How did our holidays become so 'corny'? Why do some words have accent marks in English? Cubby hole
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2025-03-11
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