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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What's the Opposite of Deja Vu? Commas Between Adjectives
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2021-08-05
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The Best Stories from 15 Years of Grammar Girl
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2021-07-29
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What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.
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2021-07-22
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'Fish' or 'Fishes'? Why Do We Call Out 'Nothing' as 'Bupkis'?
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2021-07-15
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'If' Versus 'Whether.' Why We Say 'The Exception That Proves the Rule.'
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2021-07-08
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Trundle, Amble, Roam, and Shamble. How Some Preposition Use Has Changed Over Time.
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2021-07-01
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Pedantic Nonsense Up with Which I Will Not Put! 'Discreet' or 'Discrete'?
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2021-06-24
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Starting a Sentence with a Conjunction: Right or Wrong? Good 'Subpar' and Bad 'Subpar.'
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2021-06-17
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How Long Is a Good Sentence? 'Cord' or 'Chord'? Grumple.
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2021-06-10
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What Made 'Friends' Funny. How Cicadas Got Their Name. Dog Replacer.
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2021-06-03
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Is 'Graduated College' Wrong? Five Wonderful Latin Phrases.
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2021-05-27
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'Bring,' 'Take,' and 'Carry.' 'The Queen's Gambit.' Sweepy Thing.
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2021-05-20
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Writing Dialogue. 'Associate Degree' or 'Associate's Degree'? Wiffy.
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2021-05-13
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'Ketchup' or 'Catsup'? How to Punctuate Questions. Gmoing Gmoing.
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2021-05-06
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What Does ‘Op-Ed’ Really Mean? The Perfect Paragraph Length. Items.
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2021-04-29
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The Intrusive "Of." What Makes English Weird.
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2021-04-22
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How to Write Faster. The Origin of the Odd Letter W
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2021-04-15
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'Borrow' and 'Lend.' When to Use 'Nor.' Boncho.
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2021-04-08
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Squirrelly Animal Verbs. 'People,' 'Peoples,' and 'Persons': Why It Matters.
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2021-04-01
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A vast number of words have surprising origins. We talked about some today, including "scientist," "impressionist," "beatnik," and "paradigm."
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2021-03-25
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