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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

915 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 2.6K ratings

Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.

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Episodes

279 Capitalizing Titles

June 09, 2011 18:45 - 8 minutes - 5.38 MB

Capitalizing Titles ]]>

279 Capitalizing Titles

June 09, 2011 18:45 - 7 minutes - 7.08 MB

Capitalizing Titles

275 Camel Case

May 12, 2011 16:15 - 6 minutes - 5.78 MB

Camel Case

275 Camel Case

May 12, 2011 16:15 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MB

274 Double Subjects

May 05, 2011 16:15 - 6 minutes - 5.89 MB

Double Subjects

274 Double Subjects

May 05, 2011 16:15 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

273 "A Hold" or "Ahold"?

April 28, 2011 14:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

273 "A Hold" or "Ahold"?

April 28, 2011 14:00 - 5 minutes - 5.38 MB

"A Hold" or "Ahold"?

272 Do You Capitalize “God”?

April 21, 2011 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.03 MB

Do You Capitalize “God”? ]]>

272 Do You Capitalize “God”?

April 21, 2011 17:00 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MB

Do You Capitalize “God”?

270 Commas With Participial Phrases

April 07, 2011 17:00 - 6 minutes - 5.85 MB

Commas With Participial Phrases

270 Commas With Participial Phrases

April 07, 2011 17:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

800 What Did You Step On? And Is That a Desert or a Dessert?

March 31, 2011 15:45 - 9 minutes - 4.01 MB

Here's why you can ignore zombie rules and why it's actually better to write "What did you step on?" than "On what did you step?" (But also when you can't ignore those rules!) Then, I have two great memory tricks to help you remember the spellings for "dessert" and "desert." They relate to camels and, well, food. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates.  Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Grammar Pop iOS game. Peeve Wars car...

269 Ending a Sentence With a Preposition

March 31, 2011 15:45 - 9 minutes - 4.01 MB

269 Ending a Sentence With a Preposition

March 31, 2011 15:45 - 9 minutes - 4.01 MB

Ending a Sentence With a Preposition

268 Mixing Verb Tenses

March 24, 2011 17:00 - 6 minutes - 5.82 MB

Mixing Verb Tenses

268 Mixing Verb Tenses

March 24, 2011 17:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

267 How to Speak English Like the Irish

March 17, 2011 18:45 - 8 minutes - 5.18 MB

267 How to Speak English Like the Irish

March 17, 2011 18:45 - 7 minutes - 6.82 MB

How to Speak English Like the Irish

264 Punctuating Questions

February 24, 2011 18:45 - 9 minutes - 4.99 MB

264 Punctuating Questions

February 24, 2011 18:45 - 9 minutes - 4.99 MB

Punctuating Questions

263 How to Write Grammatically Correct Photo Captions

February 17, 2011 17:15 - 4 minutes - 4.59 MB

How to Write Grammatically Correct Photo Captions

263 How to Write Grammatically Correct Photo Captions

February 17, 2011 17:15 - 8 minutes - 4.04 MB

262 Commas with Adjectives

February 10, 2011 16:45 - 10 hours - 3.28 MB

Commas with Adjectives

262 Commas with Adjectives

February 10, 2011 16:45 - 10 hours - 3.28 MB

260 Contractions

January 27, 2011 18:00 - 6 minutes - 5.9 MB

Contractions

260 Contractions

January 27, 2011 18:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

259 First, Second, and Third Person

January 20, 2011 16:45 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MB

First, Second, and Third Person

259 First, Second, and Third Person

January 20, 2011 16:45 - 10 hours - 5.41 MB

First, Second, and Third Person ]]>

258 How to Write Dialogue

January 13, 2011 19:45 - 8 minutes - 4.41 MB

How to Write Dialogue ]]>

258 How to Write Dialogue

January 13, 2011 19:45 - 6 minutes - 5.57 MB

How to Write Dialogue

257 Should You Ever Put a Space Before a Period?

January 13, 2011 17:15 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

257 Should You Ever Put a Space Before a Period?

January 13, 2011 17:15 - 5 minutes - 5.46 MB

Should You Ever Put a Space Before a Period?

256 Serial Comma

December 30, 2010 16:45 - 10 hours - 4.36 MB

256 Serial Comma

December 30, 2010 16:45 - 10 hours - 4.36 MB

Serial Comma

253 "Desert" Versus "Dessert"

December 10, 2010 17:15 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

"Desert" Versus "Dessert"

253 "Desert" Versus "Dessert"

December 10, 2010 17:15 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

252 What Is Plagiarism?

December 02, 2010 16:45 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MB

What Is Plagiarism?

252 What Is Plagiarism?

December 02, 2010 16:45 - 10 hours - 5.34 MB

250 "Foreword" Versus "Forward"

November 19, 2010 18:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

250 "Foreword" Versus "Forward"

November 19, 2010 18:00 - 5 minutes - 5.37 MB

"Foreword" Versus "Forward"

249 Why Doesn’t “Veterans Day” Have an Apostrophe?

November 10, 2010 17:15 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

Why Doesn’t “Veterans Day” Have an Apostrophe?

249 Why Doesn’t “Veterans Day” Have an Apostrophe?

November 10, 2010 17:15 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

Why Doesn’t “Veterans Day” Have an Apostrophe? ]]>

249 What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe?

November 10, 2010 17:15 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe? Use the hashtag #WhereIListen and tag me to show me where you listen to the Grammar Girl podcast. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates.  Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Grammar Pop iOS game. Peeve Wars card game. Grammar Girl books. HOST: Mignon Fogarty VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast ...

248 How to Write a Better Resume

November 04, 2010 15:45 - 10 hours - 3.78 MB

248 How to Write a Better Resume

November 04, 2010 15:45 - 4 minutes - 3.82 MB

How to Write a Better Resume

246 Show, Don’t Tell

October 28, 2010 15:45 - 10 hours - 3.4 MB

Show, Don’t Tell ]]>

246 Show, Don’t Tell

October 28, 2010 15:45 - 4 minutes - 4.34 MB

Show, Don’t Tell

245 "Talk With" versus "Talk To"

October 22, 2010 18:45 - 7 minutes - 4.84 MB

245 "Talk With" versus "Talk To"

October 22, 2010 18:45 - 6 minutes - 5.75 MB

"Talk With" versus "Talk To"

Guests

Jane Solomon
2 Episodes
Bill Nye
1 Episode
Jonathan Small
1 Episode
Lewis Carroll
1 Episode

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