Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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1. It's all uphill from here (or is that downhill?). Eating like a pig (animal idioms).

   Publié: 09/05/2023
2. What's wrong with 'there are' sentences? 5 fun facts about Spanish for Cinco de Mayo

   Publié: 02/05/2023
3. Have you begged the question lately? What kind of learning is best: online, remote, distance, or virtual?

   Publié: 25/04/2023
4. What we get wrong about 'um' and 'uh,' with Valerie Fridland

   Publié: 18/04/2023
5. 5 things every writer wants to learn, with Roy Peter Clark

   Publié: 11/04/2023
6. Killer bunnies in medieval manuscripts. The strange rules of 'dozen.'

   Publié: 04/04/2023
7. The Rosetta Stone and taxes. Is your sufficiency suffonsified?

   Publié: 28/03/2023
8. Why we have both 'a' and 'an.' What does it mean to be lonely? Sufficiency.

   Publié: 21/03/2023
9. How 'napron' became 'apron' (and what that has to do with newts). 'Ahold' or 'a hold'?

   Publié: 14/03/2023
10. Why do people 'drop' a new single? How to pronounce 'often.'

    Publié: 07/03/2023
11. How to actually improve your grammar. Why parallelism is important (and how to use it). Keycoos.

    Publié: 28/02/2023
12. How writing very short stories can improve all your writing (with Grant Faulkner)

    Publié: 21/02/2023
13. Language reveals universal truths about love. 'Wool sweater' or 'woolen sweater'? Grandmother crackers.

    Publié: 14/02/2023
14. Interview with a creator of 'Schoolhouse Rock'!

    Publié: 07/02/2023
15. What Does the AP Have Against France? Out Over Your Skis. Lands' End. Tolater.

    Publié: 31/01/2023
16. Teddy Bears. The Brothers Grimm. Danger Cluck.

    Publié: 24/01/2023
17. Weird punctuation with 'Jr.' Carl's Jr. Hockey.

    Publié: 17/01/2023
18. Inflation, quiet quitting, and "un-" words, like "undressed," that can have two meanings. Gotcha Day.

    Publié: 10/01/2023
19. How COVID Changed the Way We Think About Words. How to Write Dates. Prefeed.

    Publié: 03/01/2023
20. World Cup Words. The Origin of Toasting. Says.

    Publié: 27/12/2022