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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Double possessives. Words that do double duty. The monkeys aren't working.
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2025-08-12
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New words: 'beer muscles' & 'waka jumpers,' with Fiona McPherson.
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2025-08-07
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How pronouns reveal our psychology. How'd we get our alphabet? Tabagogox.
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2025-08-05
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‘Spark words’ and the hidden history of ‘panic’ and ‘Ritalin,’ with Martha Barnette
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2025-07-31
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'Heat wave' vs. 'cold snap.' Why reading stories makes you smarter. Rogering.
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2025-07-29
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Why plain English matters in science (and everywhere else), with Anne Greene
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2025-07-24
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'Y' plurals. Bill Labov's linguistic legacy. Choo-choo
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2025-07-22
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How 'algospeak' is changing language, with Adam Aleksic
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2025-07-17
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Pop, soda, or coke? When Q stands alone. Pizza bones.
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2025-07-15
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Metaphors and your brain. How figurative language works, with Dr. Vicky Lai
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2025-07-10
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Can you have a million bacons? Martha's Vineyard's unique sound.
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2025-07-08
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The surprising history (and politics) of emoji, with Keith Houston
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2025-07-03
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Is ‘sick’...good? What we think of posh language and class. Misunderseed
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2025-07-01
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The language of children’s storytelling, with Doug Fraser
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2025-06-26
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Why we drop sounds. ChatGPT is changing how people talk. Kombi
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2025-06-24
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What your accent says about you (and your identity), with Rob Drummond
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2025-06-19
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Are em dashes really a sign of AI writing? 'Caretaker' vs. 'caregiver'
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2025-06-17
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What your hands are saying (even when you’re not thinking about it), with Lauren Gawne
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2025-06-12
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‘Further’ vs. ‘farther.’ Why designers use fake Latin. Blondie hot
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2025-06-10
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What AI means for writers and editors, with Daniel Heuman
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2025-06-05
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