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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How writers navigate failure and find success, with Jonathan Small
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2024-10-03
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From game boards to boardrooms. Commas with participial phrases. Gritties.
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2024-10-01
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From 'gobsmacked' to 'ginger': The British invasion of American English, with Ben Yagoda
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2024-09-26
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Why some verb sets are so odd (like 'go/went'). Corporate euphemisms. Goggy.
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2024-09-24
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What's new in the Chicago Manual of Style (18th edition), with Russell Harper and Mary Laur
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2024-09-19
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Do words like 'mandate' and 'cockamamie' come from words for men? Grammatical doppelgangers. A pair of teeth.
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2024-09-17
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What fiction writers know about avoiding stereotypes, with Alex Temblador
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2024-09-12
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'Tea' or 'chai'? Why we misspeak. Fellatone.
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2024-09-10
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The language of liars. 'Legendary,' 'famous,' or 'notorious'? Fish shapes.
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2024-09-03
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Cat Idioms. 'Summerween' and other blends. Bankery
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2024-08-27
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Apostrophes have always been confusing. 'First' or 'firstly'? Trudy!
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2024-08-20
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When to use 'the' before a noun. Why rhymes help us remember. Opening a lime.
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2024-08-13
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Why singers lose their accents. Why the 'I before E' rule is weird.
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2024-08-06
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Why 'I' takes plural verbs. Making names that end in S, like Harris and Biles, possessive. Marinate.
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2024-07-30
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A brief history of English (aka when they spoke French in England). Killer death meat.
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2024-07-23
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The power of words: Conscious language, with Karen Yin
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2024-07-18
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How to write about zero. Are your emails accidentally rude? PAPST.
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2024-07-16
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AI: Friend or foe? A conversation with Martha Brockenbrough
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2024-07-11
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The unspoken rules of adjectives. The rise of 'yeah-nah.' Sundies
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2024-07-09
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Grammar Girl at 1000: Words, wisdom, and a dash of whimsy
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2024-07-04
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