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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

197 "Where" Versus "In Which"

November 19, 2009 18:00 - 4 minutes - 3.82 MB

"Where" Versus "In Which"

196 Adverbs Ending in -ly

November 13, 2009 18:00 - 6 minutes - 5.54 MB

Adverbs Ending in -ly

194 How to Use Italics

October 23, 2009 18:45 - 6 minutes - 3.79 MB

How to Use Italics

193 "Diffuse" Versus "Defuse"

October 16, 2009 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MB

"Diffuse" Versus "Defuse"

191 How to Write a Complaint Letter

October 02, 2009 15:45 - 5 minutes - 5.53 MB

How to Write a Complaint Letter

190 Ellipses Spurned

September 25, 2009 17:00 - 4 minutes - 4.33 MB

Ellipses Spurned

188 "Comprise" Versus "Compose"

September 18, 2009 15:45 - 5 minutes - 4.94 MB

"Comprise" Versus "Compose"

187 Should Writers Keep a Journal?

September 11, 2009 18:45 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MB

Should Writers Keep a Journal?

187 Should Writers Keep a Journal?

September 11, 2009 18:45 - 7 minutes - 3.85 MB

Should Writers Keep a Journal?

186 Funny Misplaced Modifiers

September 04, 2009 17:00 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MB

Funny Misplaced Modifiers

185 When Should You Capitalize Titles?

August 28, 2009 16:30 - 6 minutes - 6.18 MB

When Should You Capitalize Titles?

183 Verbs Sandwiched Between Singular and Plural Nouns

August 14, 2009 15:45 - 3 minutes - 3.31 MB

Verbs Sandwiched Between Singular and Plural Nouns

184 When Should You Capitalize Words?

August 01, 2009 18:45 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MB

When Should You Capitalize Words?

181 How Many Spaces After A Period?

July 30, 2009 18:45 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MB

How Many Spaces After A Period?

176 What Is Subject-Complement Agreement?

July 26, 2009 17:00 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MB

What Is Subject-Complement Agreement?

180 How to Use Parallel Construction Correctly

July 24, 2009 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.09 MB

How to Use Parallel Construction Correctly

119 "Shall" Versus "Will"

July 22, 2009 16:15 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MB

"Shall" Versus "Will"

179 Can You Start a Sentence with “Which”?

July 17, 2009 17:00 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MB

Can You Start a Sentence with “Which”?

178 Do Rhetorical Questions Need a Question Mark?

July 10, 2009 17:00 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MB

Do Rhetorical Questions Need a Question Mark?

178 Do Rhetorical Questions Need a Question Mark?

July 10, 2009 17:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

Do Rhetorical Questions Need a Question Mark?

174 "Myself"

June 12, 2009 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MB

"Myself"

172 "All Right" Versus "Alright"

May 29, 2009 15:45 - 4 minutes - 3.8 MB

"All Right" Versus "Alright"

170 Swear Words in Text

May 15, 2009 18:45 - 6 minutes - 5.7 MB

Swear Words in Text

170 Swear Words in Text

May 15, 2009 18:45 - 8 minutes - 4.36 MB

Swear Words in Text

169 Using “For” to Mean “Because”

May 09, 2009 17:00 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MB

Using “For” to Mean “Because”

168 Troublesome Contractions (e.g., I'd've)

May 01, 2009 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.66 MB

Troublesome Contractions (e.g., I'd've)

167 Dashes Versus Colons

April 23, 2009 17:00 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MB

Dashes Versus Colons

166 Strunk and White

April 17, 2009 15:45 - 10 hours - 3.63 MB

Strunk and White

166 Strunk and White

April 17, 2009 15:45 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MB

Strunk and White

165 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms

April 10, 2009 18:45 - 8 minutes - 3.14 MB

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms

165 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms

April 10, 2009 18:45 - 8 minutes - 3.14 MB

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms

165 Abbreviations, Acronyms, & Initialisms

April 10, 2009 18:45 - 8 minutes - 3.14 MB

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms

182 Are You Annoyingly Redundant?

April 07, 2009 17:00 - 5 minutes - 5.21 MB

Are You Annoyingly Redundant?

164 "One" Versus "You"

April 03, 2009 17:00 - 4 minutes - 4.48 MB

"One" Versus "You"

177 Why Are British English and American English Different?

April 03, 2009 15:45 - 6 minutes - 5.62 MB

Why Are British English and American English Different?

177 Why Are British English and American English Different?

April 03, 2009 15:45 - 10 hours - 4.3 MB

Why Are British English and American English Different?

162 How to Write a Great Blog Comment

March 20, 2009 15:45 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MB

How to Write a Great Blog Comment

162 How to Write a Great Blog Comment

March 20, 2009 15:45 - 10 hours - 4.67 MB

How to Write a Great Blog Comment

161 "Use" Versus "Utilize"

March 13, 2009 16:15 - 4 minutes - 4.27 MB

"Use" Versus "Utilize"

158 "Flammable" Versus "Inflammable"

February 20, 2009 18:00 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MB

"Flammable" Versus "Inflammable"

157 GG When to Use a Comma with “Too”

February 13, 2009 16:00 - 4 minutes - 3.71 MB

Only you can decide.

157 GG When to Use a Comma with “Too”

February 13, 2009 16:00 - 4 minutes - 2.86 MB

Only you can decide.

156 What is the plural of scissors

February 06, 2009 16:45 - 4 minutes - 3.9 MB

What is the plural of scissors.

155 What to Call People With Disabilities.

January 30, 2009 18:00 - 4 minutes - 3.74 MB

What to Call People With Disabilities.

153 Do You Overuse "Of"?

January 16, 2009 18:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

Do You Overuse "Of"?

150 How to Podcast a Book

December 26, 2008 17:15 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MB

How to Podcast a Book

148 How to Write Your First Novel

December 12, 2008 16:45 - 6 minutes - 6.05 MB

How to Write Your First Novel

012 Wordiness And Idioms

November 21, 2008 18:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MB

Wordiness And Idioms

146 Mixed Metaphors

November 13, 2008 17:15 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

Mixed Metaphors

146 Mixed Metaphors

November 13, 2008 17:15 - 5 minutes - 5.42 MB

Mixed Metaphors

Guests

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

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