Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

785 Episodes

1. If earth looks like a blue marble, why is Earth Day associated with the color green? Also, 'funnest.'

   Published: 21/04/2022
2. You Know. Doppelganger. Trademarks. Funnily. Chicken Milk.

   Published: 14/04/2022
3. I Cannot Tell a Lie (but I Can Mislead! And Sometimes People Do It With Percentages.

   Published: 8/04/2022
4. How Aphasia Causes Difficulty Speaking. Chairdrobe.

   Published: 31/03/2022
5. Why Tired People Talk About Being 'Out of Spoons.' Why Nouns Are More Complicated Than You May Think.

   Published: 24/03/2022
6. Barracking, Sheilas and Shouts: How the Irish Influenced Australian English

   Published: 17/03/2022
7. The Oxford Comma. And Should You Start a Sentence with 'And'?

   Published: 10/03/2022
8. Is 'Materiel' Just a Fancy Pronunciation of 'Material'? Are Binomials the Same Across Languages?

   Published: 3/03/2022
9. Why Do We Cringe at 'Pepper and Salt'? Why 'Square' Is Uncool. Quickquish.

   Published: 24/02/2022
10. What's Square About a Square Meal? How to Use Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces. Guck.

    Published: 17/02/2022
11. Are People Using 'Commiserate' Wrong? The Origin of (the Word) 'Influenza.' Hersband.

    Published: 10/02/2022
12. Do You Call In, Out, or Off Sick? How Kids Learn Language. Hexaboobiated.

    Published: 4/02/2022
13. Tips for Learning a New Language: The Fluent Show

    Published: 27/01/2022
14. Why 'Tiny' Sounds Smaller Than 'Huge.' Nixing the Horrid 'Of.' Kokopelli.

    Published: 20/01/2022
15. 'Strollout,' 'Insurrection,' 'Yassify,' and Other Words of the Year for 2021

    Published: 13/01/2022
16. Cardsharp. The Old-New Singular 'They.' Grignug.

    Published: 6/01/2022
17. Questions, Questions, So Many Questions!

    Published: 30/12/2021
18. Is "Milk and Cookies" One Thing or Two? A New Language Term: The Santaback. Shoedabakers.

    Published: 24/12/2021
19. How Lori Rader-Day Wrote a Historical Novel About War Evacuees in Agatha Christie's Vacation Home

    Published: 16/12/2021
20. Pretending to Be British. How to Use Ellipses. Spiders.

    Published: 9/12/2021