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

144 Concrete Versus Cement

November 07, 2008 17:15 - 4 minutes - 3.83 MB

Concrete Versus Cement

141 Appositives

October 17, 2008 17:00 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MB

Appositives

140 Modifying Phrases at the Beginning of Sentences

October 10, 2008 17:00 - 4 minutes - 3.84 MB

Modifying Phrases at the Beginning of Sentences

139 Is "Data" Singular or Plural?

October 03, 2008 18:45 - 5 minutes - 5.4 MB

Is "Data" Singular or Plural?

136 Complex-Compound Sentences

September 19, 2008 17:00 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MB

Complex-Compound Sentences

131 Collective Nouns

September 02, 2008 17:00 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MB

Collective Nouns

129 Assure Versus Ensure Versus Insure

August 25, 2008 18:45 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MB

Assure Versus Ensure Versus Insure

127 Begs the Question

August 19, 2008 16:15 - 4 minutes - 3.74 MB

Begs the Question

126 - Through, Threw, and Thru

August 14, 2008 17:00 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MB

Through, Threw, and Thru

126 Through, Threw, and Thru

August 14, 2008 17:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

Through, Threw, and Thru

125 Comparatives Versus Superlatives

August 12, 2008 17:00 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MB

Comparatives Versus Superlatives

124 Better Versus Best

August 08, 2008 17:00 - 6 minutes - 5.58 MB

Better Versus Best

122 Is "Have Got" Acceptable English?

August 01, 2008 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.17 MB

Is "Have Got" Acceptable English?

120 He Said, She Said

July 25, 2008 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MB

He Said, She Said

118 Writing Accents and Dialects

July 18, 2008 17:00 - 5 minutes - 5.19 MB

Writing Accents and Dialects

123 How to Avoid Clichés

July 15, 2008 16:15 - 5 minutes - 4.62 MB

How to Avoid Clichés

116 "Than I" Versus "Than Me"

July 10, 2008 18:45 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MB

"Than I" Versus "Than Me"

114 Phrasal Verbs

July 04, 2008 17:00 - 6 minutes - 5.53 MB

Phrasal Verbs

113 Writing with Slang

June 27, 2008 18:15 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MB

Writing with Slang

110 When to Leave Out "That"

June 06, 2008 17:00 - 6 minutes - 5.75 MB

When to Leave Out "That"

108 Whose for Inanimate Objects

May 23, 2008 16:15 - 5 minutes - 4.87 MB

Whose for Inanimate Objects

107 Graduated versus Graduated From

May 15, 2008 18:45 - 4 minutes - 4.4 MB

Graduated versus Graduated From

104 Sentence Length

April 25, 2008 17:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

Sentence Length

101 How to Write Percents

April 04, 2008 17:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

How to Write Percents

100 How to Write Numbers

March 28, 2008 15:45 - 4 minutes - 4.08 MB

How to Write Numbers

007 Which Versus That

March 21, 2008 15:45 - 4 minutes - 3.72 MB

Which Versus That

098 Who Versus Whom--Advanced

March 07, 2008 18:00 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MB

Who Versus Whom--Advanced

096 May Versus Might

February 21, 2008 19:45 - 3 minutes - 3.76 MB

May Versus Might

096 May Versus Might

February 21, 2008 19:45 - 8 minutes - 2.79 MB

May Versus Might

095 Zeroscape Versus Xeriscape

February 15, 2008 17:15 - 2 minutes - 2.04 MB

Zeroscape Versus Xeriscape

093 Hyphens

January 31, 2008 19:45 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MB

Hyphens

091 Yo as a Pronoun

January 10, 2008 19:45 - 5 minutes - 4.64 MB

Yo as a Pronoun

090 Went Missing

January 04, 2008 18:00 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MB

Went Missing

087 Used to Versus Use to, and Other Listener Questions

December 07, 2007 16:45 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MB

Used to Versus Use to, and Other Listener Questions

086 Greeting Card Grammar

November 23, 2007 18:00 - 10 hours - 4.04 MB

Greeting Card Grammar

084 People Versus Entities

November 16, 2007 18:00 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MB

People Versus Entities

083 Interviewing Tips

November 09, 2007 18:00 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MB

Interviewing Tips

082 Daylight-Saving Time

November 09, 2007 18:00 - 4 minutes - 4.1 MB

Daylight-Saving Time

078 Formatting Hyperlinks

October 05, 2007 17:00 - 4 minutes - 4.41 MB

Formatting Hyperlinks

077 Verbification of a Noun

September 28, 2007 17:00 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MB

Verbification of a Noun

076 Starting a Sentence With "Hopefully"

September 21, 2007 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MB

Starting a Sentence With "Hopefully"

073 Simplify Your Writing

August 30, 2007 17:00 - 6 minutes - 5.71 MB

Simplify Your Writing

072 The The -- The Double The

August 23, 2007 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MB

The The -- The Double The

070 The Asterisk (Trust Me About Grammar, Not About Baseball)

August 10, 2007 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MB

The Asterisk (Trust Me About Grammar, Not About Baseball)

068 Unlawful Versus Illegal

July 20, 2007 16:15 - 4 minutes - 4.1 MB

Unlawful Versus Illegal

067 Your Versus You're

July 20, 2007 16:15 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MB

Your Versus You're

065 Regionalisms

June 29, 2007 17:00 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MB

Regionalisms

064 Between You and Me

June 26, 2007 18:45 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MB

Between You and Me

056 Generating Story Ideas and Overcoming Writer's Block

May 22, 2007 15:45 - 8 minutes - 8.19 MB

Generating Story Ideas and Overcoming Writer's Block

055 Misplaced Modifiers

May 18, 2007 14:00 - 6 minutes - 5.64 MB

Misplaced Modifiers

Guests

Jane Solomon

2 Episodes

Bill Nye

1 Episode

Jonathan Small

1 Episode

Lewis Carroll

1 Episode

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