Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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1. Is That a Tombstone, Gravestone, or Headstone? Why Is the Sound of a Human Scream So Terrifying?

   Publié: 28/10/2021
2. Using Present Tense in a Story About the Past. Beck and Call. Tie-Dye Trees.

   Publié: 21/10/2021
3. Surprise! These Names Are Trademarks. How to Write 'Dos and Don'ts' (or Is That 'Do's and Don'ts'?). Wording Your Mixes.

   Publié: 14/10/2021
4. The Hedonometer and Your Feelings. What Does 'Schnozz' Mean?

   Publié: 07/10/2021
5. How Do You Pronounce 'Tomato'? Why Is 'Chiropractic' Singular. Fish.

   Publié: 30/09/2021
6. The Power of Very Specific Words, with Joel Schwartzberg

   Publié: 23/09/2021
7. How to Really Talk Like a Pirate. When Do You Need a Comma Before 'Because'?

   Publié: 16/09/2021
8. Why and When 'Very Unique' Is Wrong. Capitalizing 'Delta Variant' (or Not). Happy to You.

   Publié: 09/09/2021
9. Naked Idioms. Short-Lived. Capitalizing Earth. Hector Protector.

   Publié: 02/09/2021
10. The Origin of 'Honeymoon.' 'Where' Versus 'In Which.' Fevesteter.

    Publié: 26/08/2021
11. Weird Words for Alcohol. Starting a Sentence with 'However.'

    Publié: 19/08/2021
12. How Storytelling Makes a Difference (and How to Do It Well)

    Publié: 13/08/2021
13. What's the Opposite of Deja Vu? Commas Between Adjectives

    Publié: 05/08/2021
14. The Best Stories from 15 Years of Grammar Girl

    Publié: 29/07/2021
15. What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.

    Publié: 22/07/2021
16. 'Fish' or 'Fishes'? Why Do We Call Out 'Nothing' as 'Bupkis'?

    Publié: 15/07/2021
17. 'If' Versus 'Whether.' Why We Say 'The Exception That Proves the Rule.'

    Publié: 08/07/2021
18. Trundle, Amble, Roam, and Shamble. How Some Preposition Use Has Changed Over Time.

    Publié: 01/07/2021
19. Pedantic Nonsense Up with Which I Will Not Put! 'Discreet' or 'Discrete'?

    Publié: 24/06/2021
20. Starting a Sentence with a Conjunction: Right or Wrong? Good 'Subpar' and Bad 'Subpar.'

    Publié: 17/06/2021