Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

787 Episodes

1. 794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal Dialogue

   Published: 10/22/2020
2. 793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox'

   Published: 10/15/2020
3. 792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'

   Published: 10/8/2020
4. 791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop)

   Published: 10/1/2020
5. 790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'

   Published: 9/24/2020
6. 789 - How to Make Your Readers Laugh. 'Whoa' or 'Woah'?

   Published: 9/17/2020
7. 788 - Why 'Out of Pocket' Means Both 'Inappropriate' and 'Unavailable'

   Published: 9/10/2020
8. 787 - Why We Associate Political Parties with the Colors Red and Blue

   Published: 9/3/2020
9. 786 - 'Doomscrolling' (OK, Doomer). 'Each Other' or 'One Another'?

   Published: 8/27/2020
10. 785 - 'Gantlet' or 'Gauntlet'? Do You Want to Say 'Had Went'?

    Published: 8/20/2020
11. 784 - A Historical Tip for Remembering When to Use 'Historical.' Put More Thought into Your Punctuation.

    Published: 8/13/2020
12. 783 - How Hurricanes Get Their Names. When You Should Avoid Using Contractions.

    Published: 8/6/2020
13. 782 - What are those dots over letters? Why does 'money' have a plural, and how do you spell it?

    Published: 7/30/2020
14. 781 - Blursday or Whensday? Middle Grade Versus Young Adult Fiction

    Published: 7/23/2020
15. 780 - Which Comes First? Who or Where?

    Published: 7/16/2020
16. 779 - How You Can Help the OED. Capitalizing 'Black.' How Playwriting Techniques Can Improve Your Writing.

    Published: 7/9/2020
17. 778 - Do We Say 'Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight' Because of the Saharan Dust Plumes? Also, 'Yoiks!'

    Published: 7/2/2020
18. 777 - How to Write Fight Scenes (and How to Get Started as a Fiction Editor)

    Published: 6/25/2020
19. 776 - Why a Detective Searched for 'Clews' in a 1929 Novel. ‘Systemic’ or ‘Systematic’?

    Published: 6/18/2020
20. 775 - Why We Talk About 'Bad Apples.' 'A Few' Versus 'a Couple'

    Published: 6/11/2020