Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

842 Episodes

1. 669 - 'Red Tape,' 'Red Herring,' 'Paint the Town Red,' and More 'Red' Idioms.

   Published: 3/11/2019
2. 668 - What's Wrong with 'These Ones'? Faith and Begorrah, We Have Irish Phrases for St. Patrick's Day!

   Published: 3/7/2019
3. 667 - Why ducks say "quack-quack" in English but "ga-ga" in Japanese.

   Published: 3/4/2019
4. 666 - Double Negatives.

   Published: 2/28/2019
5. 665 - Language News Chat

   Published: 2/25/2019
6. 664 - Benjamin Dreyer and His Unusual Pet Peeves

   Published: 2/21/2019
7. 663 - D-Day. Why I Want a Salad-Salad.

   Published: 2/18/2019
8. 662 - Never Misspell 'Bureaucracy' Again.

   Published: 2/14/2019
9. 661 - How Paula Brackston picks her characters’ names and uses language to set a tone.

   Published: 2/11/2019
10. 660 - 'Irregardless' or 'Regardless'? Crime Words.

    Published: 2/7/2019
11. 659 - Normans, Ralls, and Voicemail

    Published: 2/4/2019
12. 658 - 'Wage,' 'Wager,' and 'Wed'

    Published: 1/31/2019
13. 657 - 'Tip of the Hat" or 'Tip Your Hand'? 'Yeah No.'

    Published: 1/24/2019
14. 656 - ‘Relapse’ or ‘Recur’? 'Kneeled' or 'Knelt.' ’Methinks.’

    Published: 1/17/2019
15. 655 - ‘Myriad’ or ‘Myriad Of’? What Is a Run-On Sentence?

    Published: 1/10/2019
16. 654 - 'Stint' or 'Stent'? How to Pronounce 'Coyote.'

    Published: 1/3/2019
17. 653 - How to Use an Asterisk. Journaling.

    Published: 12/27/2018
18. 652 - ‘Purposely' or 'Purposefully'? Yule.

    Published: 12/20/2018
19. 651 - 'Capitulate' or 'Recapitulate'? Colons.

    Published: 12/13/2018
20. 650 - 'Wreaked' or 'Wrought'? 'Crescendo.' Could We Understand Aliens?

    Published: 12/6/2018