Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

782 Episodes

1. Why the heck does 'score' mean 20? How we subconsciously know how to pronounce different plurals.

   Published: 23/05/2023
2. Why English is the best language for Wordle, with Lynne Murphy

   Published: 16/05/2023
3. It's all uphill from here (or is that downhill?). Eating like a pig (animal idioms).

   Published: 09/05/2023
4. What's wrong with 'there are' sentences? 5 fun facts about Spanish for Cinco de Mayo

   Published: 02/05/2023
5. Have you begged the question lately? What kind of learning is best: online, remote, distance, or virtual?

   Published: 25/04/2023
6. What we get wrong about 'um' and 'uh,' with Valerie Fridland

   Published: 18/04/2023
7. 5 things every writer wants to learn, with Roy Peter Clark

   Published: 11/04/2023
8. Killer bunnies in medieval manuscripts. The strange rules of 'dozen.'

   Published: 04/04/2023
9. The Rosetta Stone and taxes. Is your sufficiency suffonsified?

   Published: 28/03/2023
10. Why we have both 'a' and 'an.' What does it mean to be lonely? Sufficiency.

    Published: 21/03/2023
11. How 'napron' became 'apron' (and what that has to do with newts). 'Ahold' or 'a hold'?

    Published: 14/03/2023
12. Why do people 'drop' a new single? How to pronounce 'often.'

    Published: 07/03/2023
13. How to actually improve your grammar. Why parallelism is important (and how to use it). Keycoos.

    Published: 28/02/2023
14. How writing very short stories can improve all your writing (with Grant Faulkner)

    Published: 21/02/2023
15. Language reveals universal truths about love. 'Wool sweater' or 'woolen sweater'? Grandmother crackers.

    Published: 14/02/2023
16. Interview with a creator of 'Schoolhouse Rock'!

    Published: 07/02/2023
17. What Does the AP Have Against France? Out Over Your Skis. Lands' End. Tolater.

    Published: 31/01/2023
18. Teddy Bears. The Brothers Grimm. Danger Cluck.

    Published: 24/01/2023
19. Weird punctuation with 'Jr.' Carl's Jr. Hockey.

    Published: 17/01/2023
20. Inflation, quiet quitting, and "un-" words, like "undressed," that can have two meanings. Gotcha Day.

    Published: 10/01/2023