Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

787 Episodes

1. The Best Stories from 15 Years of Grammar Girl

   Published: 7/29/2021
2. What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.

   Published: 7/22/2021
3. 'Fish' or 'Fishes'? Why Do We Call Out 'Nothing' as 'Bupkis'?

   Published: 7/15/2021
4. 'If' Versus 'Whether.' Why We Say 'The Exception That Proves the Rule.'

   Published: 7/8/2021
5. Trundle, Amble, Roam, and Shamble. How Some Preposition Use Has Changed Over Time.

   Published: 7/1/2021
6. Pedantic Nonsense Up with Which I Will Not Put! 'Discreet' or 'Discrete'?

   Published: 6/24/2021
7. Starting a Sentence with a Conjunction: Right or Wrong? Good 'Subpar' and Bad 'Subpar.'

   Published: 6/17/2021
8. How Long Is a Good Sentence? 'Cord' or 'Chord'? Grumple.

   Published: 6/10/2021
9. What Made 'Friends' Funny. How Cicadas Got Their Name. Dog Replacer.

   Published: 6/3/2021
10. Is 'Graduated College' Wrong? Five Wonderful Latin Phrases.

    Published: 5/27/2021
11. 'Bring,' 'Take,' and 'Carry.' 'The Queen's Gambit.' Sweepy Thing.

    Published: 5/20/2021
12. Writing Dialogue. 'Associate Degree' or 'Associate's Degree'? Wiffy.

    Published: 5/13/2021
13. 'Ketchup' or 'Catsup'? How to Punctuate Questions. Gmoing Gmoing.

    Published: 5/6/2021
14. What Does ‘Op-Ed’ Really Mean? The Perfect Paragraph Length. Items.

    Published: 4/29/2021
15. The Intrusive "Of." What Makes English Weird.

    Published: 4/22/2021
16. How to Write Faster. The Origin of the Odd Letter W

    Published: 4/15/2021
17. 'Borrow' and 'Lend.' When to Use 'Nor.' Boncho.

    Published: 4/8/2021
18. 1) Squirrelly Animal Verbs. 2) 'People,' 'Peoples,' and 'Persons': Why It Matters.

    Published: 4/1/2021
19. A vast number of words have surprising origins. We talked about some today, including "scientist," "impressionist," "beatnik," and "paradigm."

    Published: 3/25/2021
20. 'Normalcy' or 'Normality'? A Punctuation Question from a Famous Movie Line. Taco Cats.

    Published: 3/18/2021