Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

826 Épisodes

1. Why words can suddenly look unrecognizable. Learn to love the full stop. Marley.

   Publié: 20/06/2023
2. Imagine life as a fiction editor (interview with Amy Schneider, author of the Chicago Guide to Copy Editing Fiction)

   Publié: 13/06/2023
3. Darth Vader and the word 'father.' Comparatives and superlatives. Pritinear.

   Publié: 06/06/2023
4. TV changes how you use language. When to use (and not use) 'more' and 'most'

   Publié: 30/05/2023
5. Why the heck does 'score' mean 20? How we subconsciously know how to pronounce different plurals.

   Publié: 23/05/2023
6. Why English is the best language for Wordle, with Lynne Murphy

   Publié: 16/05/2023
7. It's all uphill from here (or is that downhill?). Eating like a pig (animal idioms).

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

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

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

    Publié: 18/04/2023
11. 5 things every writer wants to learn, with Roy Peter Clark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Publié: 07/02/2023