Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.
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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Dec 14, 2012 • 10min
347 GG How to Use a Hyphen
Learn how to use properly use hyphens with compound adjectives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 7, 2012 • 8min
346 GG Tuxedo Verbs
Use rich verbs, but don't put them in tuxedos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 9, 2012 • 7min
342 GG Writing for Dyslexic Readers
Tricks to make make your writing more accessible to people with dyslexia and visual impairments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 2, 2012 • 6min
341 GG Google Ngram and "Impact" as a Verb
The updated Ngram Viewer gives new insight into word usage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 12, 2012 • 3min
151 GG Just Say No to Drugs
"Dragged" versus "drug." The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 28, 2012 • 6min
142 GG When Are Double Words OK?
Are "is is" and "had had" acceptable? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 31, 2012 • 7min
334 GG Using Present Tense in a Story About the Past
The girl who sat next to me is or was? named Stephanie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 24, 2012 • 8min
333 GG When Is W a Vowel
A E I O U and sometimes Y, but also W? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 10, 2012 • 12min
332 GG How Do You Tell If Something Is True?
Debunking a believable grammar hoax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 3, 2012 • 7min
331 GG "Pet" or "Petted"? Troublesome Past Tenses
Some verbs are becoming strangely irregular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
