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Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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377 GG Royal "We" 02.08.2013 6:02

In honor of the new royal baby, more formally known as Prince George Alexander Louis, we're pondering a pompous pronoun choice known as the "royal we." Buy Grammar Girl's books at http://j.mp/allGGbooks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

376 GG Why Do We Have Both A and An? 19.07.2013 7:32

How English evolved to give us two indefinite articles (a and an), and the odd mix of possessive pronouns that don't quite match. Buy Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

375 GG What Is It Called When You Mishear Song Lyrics? 11.07.2013 10:21

Spoonerisms, Mondegreens, Malapropisms, and Eggcorns. Like the podcast? See Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

374 GG Rebracketing 05.07.2013 6:40

How to Make Weird Product Names Plural Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

372 GG Retronyms 21.06.2013 6:29

Retronyms: Scourge of the Language or Helpful Tool? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

371 GG Commma Splice 14.06.2013 10:21

How to Avoid a Common Comma Error: The Comma Splice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

370 GG Why Isn't "Gruntled" A Word? 07.06.2013 6:37

Why Aren't We Gruntled When We're Happy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

369 GG Why Does "I" Take Plural Verbs? 31.05.2013 8:00

"I" is singular, so why do we say "I go" instead of "I goes"? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

368 GG Hyphens 24.05.2013 8:44

How to Use Hyphens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

367 GG The Old Editor Says 17.05.2013 9:28

John E. McIntyre, a veteran editor at The Baltimore Sun, shares pithy editing maxims from his new book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

366 GG How Texting Is Changing English 10.05.2013 9:16

How Texting Is Changing English Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

285 GG "Moot" Versus "Mute" 03.05.2013 4:17

Moot isn't moot, but it can mean something different in Britain and the U.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

365 GG The Language of Crime 26.04.2013 5:22

The Language of Crime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

364 GG Why Would Anyone Use "The Chicago Manual of Style"? 19.04.2013 5:13

Style guides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

363 GG Writing Flashbacks 12.04.2013 9:06

How to manage verb tense when writing flashbacks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

362 GG Why Are Some Portmanteaus So Awful? 05.04.2013 6:20

My failed entries for the Clorox Ick-tionary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

361 GG Is That a Wool Sweater or a Woolen Sweater? 29.03.2013 5:43

What to do when you can use an attributive noun or an adjective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

051 GG I'm Good 22.03.2013 5:12

Is it OK to answer "How are you?" with "I'm good"? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

359 GG Do You Tell People to Pound Sand or Pound Salt? 08.03.2013 5:10

Deciphering crazy English idioms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

358 GG "Only": The Most Insidious Misplaced Modifier 01.03.2013 7:14

How putting the word "only" in the wrong place can confuse your readers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

357 GG Why the Plural of "Die" Is "Dice," not "Douse." 22.02.2013 7:41

Fossils of language Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

356 GG Where Do I Use Commas? 15.02.2013 7:16

Are you a comma-kaze? Do you use commas like confetti? Don't use a comma everywhere you would pause when speaking. Check out the rules. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

355 GG Subject Object 08.02.2013 5:56

Why "I love you" is the easiest way ever to remember the difference between subject and object. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

353 GG Can Apple Get Away with "Funness"? 25.01.2013 7:34

and "renanoing"? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

352 GG How to Create and Use Figures of Speech Pt.1 18.01.2013 8:04

Make your messages more vivid, more memorable, and trigger emotional responses using anaphora, antithesis, and chiasmus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.