Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

787 Episodes

1. Unlocking the mystery of 'ever words' and Latin abbreviations. Juna.

   Published: 6/27/2023
2. Why words can suddenly look unrecognizable. Learn to love the full stop. Marley.

   Published: 6/20/2023
3. Imagine life as a fiction editor (interview with Amy Schneider, author of the Chicago Guide to Copy Editing Fiction)

   Published: 6/13/2023
4. Darth Vader and the word 'father.' Comparatives and superlatives. Pritinear.

   Published: 6/6/2023
5. TV changes how you use language. When to use (and not use) 'more' and 'most'

   Published: 5/30/2023
6. Why the heck does 'score' mean 20? How we subconsciously know how to pronounce different plurals.

   Published: 5/23/2023
7. Why English is the best language for Wordle, with Lynne Murphy

   Published: 5/16/2023
8. It's all uphill from here (or is that downhill?). Eating like a pig (animal idioms).

   Published: 5/9/2023
9. What's wrong with 'there are' sentences? 5 fun facts about Spanish for Cinco de Mayo

   Published: 5/2/2023
10. Have you begged the question lately? What kind of learning is best: online, remote, distance, or virtual?

    Published: 4/25/2023
11. What we get wrong about 'um' and 'uh,' with Valerie Fridland

    Published: 4/18/2023
12. 5 things every writer wants to learn, with Roy Peter Clark

    Published: 4/11/2023
13. Killer bunnies in medieval manuscripts. The strange rules of 'dozen.'

    Published: 4/4/2023
14. The Rosetta Stone and taxes. Is your sufficiency suffonsified?

    Published: 3/28/2023
15. Why we have both 'a' and 'an.' What does it mean to be lonely? Sufficiency.

    Published: 3/21/2023
16. How 'napron' became 'apron' (and what that has to do with newts). 'Ahold' or 'a hold'?

    Published: 3/14/2023
17. Why do people 'drop' a new single? How to pronounce 'often.'

    Published: 3/7/2023
18. How to actually improve your grammar. Why parallelism is important (and how to use it). Keycoos.

    Published: 2/28/2023
19. How writing very short stories can improve all your writing (with Grant Faulkner)

    Published: 2/21/2023
20. Language reveals universal truths about love. 'Wool sweater' or 'woolen sweater'? Grandmother crackers.

    Published: 2/14/2023