Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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1. Barracking, Sheilas and Shouts: How the Irish Influenced Australian English

   Publié: 17/03/2022
2. The Oxford Comma. And Should You Start a Sentence with 'And'?

   Publié: 10/03/2022
3. Is 'Materiel' Just a Fancy Pronunciation of 'Material'? Are Binomials the Same Across Languages?

   Publié: 03/03/2022
4. Why Do We Cringe at 'Pepper and Salt'? Why 'Square' Is Uncool. Quickquish.

   Publié: 24/02/2022
5. What's Square About a Square Meal? How to Use Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces. Guck.

   Publié: 17/02/2022
6. Are People Using 'Commiserate' Wrong? The Origin of (the Word) 'Influenza.' Hersband.

   Publié: 10/02/2022
7. Do You Call In, Out, or Off Sick? How Kids Learn Language. Hexaboobiated.

   Publié: 04/02/2022
8. Tips for Learning a New Language: The Fluent Show

   Publié: 27/01/2022
9. Why 'Tiny' Sounds Smaller Than 'Huge.' Nixing the Horrid 'Of.' Kokopelli.

   Publié: 20/01/2022
10. 'Strollout,' 'Insurrection,' 'Yassify,' and Other Words of the Year for 2021

    Publié: 13/01/2022
11. Cardsharp. The Old-New Singular 'They.' Grignug.

    Publié: 06/01/2022
12. Questions, Questions, So Many Questions!

    Publié: 30/12/2021
13. Is "Milk and Cookies" One Thing or Two? A New Language Term: The Santaback. Shoedabakers.

    Publié: 24/12/2021
14. How Lori Rader-Day Wrote a Historical Novel About War Evacuees in Agatha Christie's Vacation Home

    Publié: 16/12/2021
15. Pretending to Be British. How to Use Ellipses. Spiders.

    Publié: 09/12/2021
16. Shibboleth. Greeting Card Grammar. Bunkaree.

    Publié: 03/12/2021
17. How to Use a Semicolon, Amirite? Partu.

    Publié: 25/11/2021
18. Penultimate. Veni, Vidi, Vici. Smidge.

    Publié: 18/11/2021
19. New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.

    Publié: 11/11/2021
20. Editing an Anthology: 'Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed'

    Publié: 04/11/2021