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Grammar Girl

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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.

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515 GG Home vs. Away? How to Make Product Names Plural
Away Versus Home? A listener named Alan wrote, “When using the word versus, does it make a difference as to what is placed before and what is placed after? For…
May 5, 2016·9m
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514 GG Brouhaha. New Words. One Fell Swoop.
Last week, ESPN fired Curt Schilling because of offensive remarks he made on social media, and in his follow-up statement, Schilling referred to the brouhaha…
Apr 29, 2016·10m
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513 GG North or Northbound. Subjunctive Verbs.
Carrie from New Orleans asked me to help her understand whether she should say "I wish I were more perceptive" or "I wish I was more perceptive." It's a great…
Apr 21, 2016·7m
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512 GG Titled or Entitled? AP Style Updates. Into Thin Air.
FOLLOW ALONG ON THE WEBSITE Titled or Entitled? http://j.mp/titled-entitled AP Style Updates http://j.mp/APstyle2016 Into Thin Air http://j.mp/into-thin-air…
Apr 14, 2016·9m
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511 GG Pronouncing Pulitzer. Navajo Codes in WWII
FOLLOW ALONG ON THE WEBSITE Pronouncing Pulitzer: http://j.mp/227C9M1 Navajo Codes: http://j.mp/1S3FXIA SPONSORS http://verbling.com (Discount Code…
Apr 7, 2016·12m
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509 GG Charlie Chaplin Grammar. S-Backing.
FOLLOW ALONG ON THE WEBSITE Charlie Chaplin Grammar: http://j.mp/22qGqfA S-Backing: http://j.mp/1nT2mR5 SPONSORS http://verbling.com Promo code: grammargirl…
Mar 24, 2016·12m
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508 GG. Haiku Winners. Great Story Ideas
FOLLOW ALONG ON THE WEBSITE National Grammar Day Haiku Winners: http://j.mp/1Uk71t5 14 Tips for Coming Up with Freelance Story Ideas You Can Sell…
Mar 17, 2016·18m
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507 Patty or Paddy? Needs Washed
Follow along on the website: 'Patty' Versus 'Paddy' http://j.mp/1U4uezm 'Needs Washed' http://j.mp/1QF9QS2 Find Grammar Girl on social media Twitter…
Mar 10, 2016·10m
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506 GG Subordinate Clause Examples
“Subordinate clause” is the name you’re more likely to have learned in school, but the other name, “dependent clause,” may help you better understand what they…
Mar 4, 2016·8m
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505 GG Maudlin. Vocabulary Words
Follow along on the website: Maudlin: http://j.mp/1LdS5K8 Vocabulary Words: http://j.mp/20W9uc9 See all of Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks Amazon…
Feb 25, 2016·9m
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504 GG Shined or Shone? Idioms About Tea
Follow along on the website: Shined or Shone? http://j.mp/1WuMUGd Idioms About Tea http://j.mp/1PURxpj Sponsor: http://casper.com/gg Amazon Affiliate Link…
Feb 18, 2016·9m
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503 GG What Is a Canard?
Follow along on the website: What Is a Canard? http://j.mp/23YcgBZ What's the Origin of 'Straw Man'? Sponsor: http://audible.com/gg Amazon Affiliate Link…
Feb 11, 2016·9m
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502 GG. Straw Man. Wicked.
Follow along on the website: What Is a Straw Man Argument? http://j.mp/1T0UtGo Why Do We Pronounce the '-ed' in 'Wicked'? http://j.mp/1K1lg2H Sponsor…
Feb 4, 2016·16m
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501 GG Word Families. Caucus
Follow along on the website: Word Families http://j.mp/1PkoXk9 What Is a Caucus? http://j.mp/23v6TKx Sponsor http://feverbornbook.com Amazon Affiliate Link…
Jan 28, 2016·8m
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500 GG Redundancy. Letters of Recommendation.
Follow along on the website: Redundancy:http://j.mp/1PGcT99 Letters of Recommendation: http://j.mp/20fJRVo Sponsors: http://audible.com/gg…
Jan 21, 2016·13m
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499 GG Current or Currant? Singular They
Follow along on the website: Current or Currant? http://j.mp/22WDk4j Singular They http://j.mp/1UL2gFO Sponsor http://igloosoftware.com/grammargirl Amazon…
Jan 14, 2016·11m
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498 GG A Joke About a Mongoose. Writing Dates.
Follow along on the website: Mongoose Joke: http://j.mp/1RmNGqh Writing Dates: http://j.mp/1OSwvWV Sponsor: http://audible.com/gg When you shop at Amazon…
Jan 7, 2016·7m
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497 GG Should You Capitalize 'the Force' from Star Wars?
Should You Capitalize 'the Force' from Star Wars? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 31, 2015·3m
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496 GG Plural of Hippopotamus
Follow along on the website: http://j.mp/1O78HCs Support the show by using our Amazon affiliate link: http://quickanddirtytips.com/amazon Grammar Pop iOS game…
Dec 24, 2015·2m
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495 GG Pair. Misusing “So” and “Very.” Even Keel
Follow along with the articles on the website: http://j.mp/QDTgrammar Recommended book: The Grammar Devotional Sponsors: http://mackweldon.com (20% off with…
Dec 17, 2015·9m
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494 GG Pair. Forensic Linguistics. In Cold Blood
Follow along on the website: http://j.mp/QDTgrammar Pair Forensic Linguistics In Cold Blood Sponsor: http://thirdlove.com/grammar Sponsor: http://SockFancy.com…
Dec 10, 2015·8m
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493 GG Hoofs or Hooves? Color Phrases
Follow along on the website: Hoofs or Hooves? http://j.mp/1lyLAFV Color Phrases: http://j.mp/1NszDMS Sponsor: http://audiblepodcast.com/GG Recommended Book…
Dec 3, 2015·11m
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492. GG. Blue. Kith and Kin
This week, we look at 10 different meanings of the word "blue," including two that are the opposite of each other, and we learn what "kith" means in "kith and…
Nov 27, 2015·12m
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490 GG Formatting URLs in Text
Follow along on the website: How to Format URLs: http://j.mp/1HIBW8x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 12, 2015·8m
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489 GG Dialogue Tags. Writing Fight Scenes. NaNoWriMo
Follow along on the website: Dialogue Tags: http://j.mp/1Q4HqCm Dialog or Dialogue? http://j.mp/1MbksDL Writing Fight Scenes: http://j.mp/1Mgc4pR Sponsor…
Nov 5, 2015·12m
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488 GG Hallowe'en. Apostrophes. The Garden Path
Follow along on the website: Hallowe'en: http://j.mp/1k7T8yM Apostrophes: http://j.mp/1Ms9wH7 Garden Path: http://j.mp/1PTv9zH Sponsor…
Oct 29, 2015·12m
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487 GG Wolf or Woof. Interrobang. Riding Roughshod
Follow along on the website: Wolf or Woof: http://j.mp/1PFqnFX Interrobang: http://j.mp/1OQWQrY Riding Roughshod: http://j.mp/1jzyQOO EverAlbum…
Oct 22, 2015·10m
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486 - Suffragette. Ginormous
Follow along on the website: Suffragette: http://bit.ly/1jruUj6 Ginormous: http://bit.ly/1R1M5SG Amazon Shopping Link: http://quickanddirtytips.com/amazon…
Oct 15, 2015·11m
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485 GG Firstly. Exclamation Points. Leeway.
Follow along on the website: First or Firstly? http://bit.ly/1MgTPMZ Exclamation Points: http://bit.ly/1GyzcKj Leeway: http://bit.ly/1VHTZaw…
Oct 8, 2015·11m
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484 GG Mantel or Mantle? Bulleted Lists
Follow along on the website: 'Mantel' or 'Mantle'? http://bit.ly/1L5bN8A How to Format a Bulleted List: http://bit.ly/1j1P2bz Amazon Affiliate Link…
Oct 1, 2015·8m
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483 GG Sort, Kind, or Type? Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms
Follow along on the website: Sort, Kind, or Type? http://bit.ly/1Fvq3a9 Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms: http://bit.ly/1YCzN98 Amazon Affiliate Link…
Sep 24, 2015·6m
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482 GG Amused or Bemused. Being Bilingual. Positive Anymore.
Follow along on the website: 'Amused' or 'Bemused'? http://bit.ly/1KT1NkH Bilingual: http://bit.ly/1Ko9Lf2 Positive 'Anymore': http://bit.ly/1W4tWHe…
Sep 17, 2015·18m
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481 GG And/Or. That Should Be a Word.
Follow along on the website: And/Or: http://bit.ly/1JT153a That Should Be a Word: http://bit.ly/1f59xlb Start your Amazon shopping from our link and help…
Sep 10, 2015·6m
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480 GG Matriculate. Diminutives. Crocodile or Alligator?
Follow along on the website: Matriculate: http://bit.ly/1oPSBkJ Diminutives: http://bit.ly/1Qaatld Crocodile or Alligator? http://bit.ly/1KsTHPu Sponsors…
Sep 3, 2015·12m
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479 GG Scrabble in Different Parts of the World
Scrabble in Different Parts of the World Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 28, 2015·13m
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478 GG Why English Has Silent Letters
Follow along on the website: Fictitious Versus Fictional: http://bit.ly/1Nmnr0A Silent Letters: http://bit.ly/1hqOjQl Adult, Adolescent, Adultery…
Aug 20, 2015·20m
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477 GG Scrabble Extravaganza
Follow along on the website: Scrabble Expert Interviews: http://bit.ly/1MqVrZF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 13, 2015·16m
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476 GG Zero Percent, Prefixes and Suffixes, Malapropisms
Follow along on the website: Zero Percent http://bit.ly/1Mnyu8v Prefixes and Suffixes http://bit.ly/1ejOkD3 Malapropisms: http://bit.ly/1eT5tDU Thanks to…
Aug 6, 2015·14m
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281 How Do Words Get in the Dictionary?
Follow along on the website: How Do Words Get in the Dictionary? http://j.mp/1IHGSKr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 31, 2015·6m
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475 GG How a Comma Can Get You out of a Parking Ticket
Follow along on the website: Numbers in Parentheses: http://bit.ly/1GGZDfs Comma Law: http://bit.ly/1CW2mqj Minions: http://bit.ly/1TSiDB4 QDT Block Party…
Jul 23, 2015·13m
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474 GG Flesh Out. Last Names. Hat Trick.
Follow along on the website: Flesh Out or Flush Out? http://j.mp/1TDrE0x Last Names: http://j.mp/1V57cHH Hat Trick: http://j.mp/1Mv2j4O Help the show by taking…
Jul 16, 2015·14m
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473 GG How Understanding Toy Story Can Help You Get into College
Follow along on the website: Ban Together or Band Together? http://j.mp/1JTe7xl How Understanding 'Toy Story' Can Help Get You into College…
Jul 9, 2015·12m
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472 GG Citizen or Resident? Let's and Let Us. Newfangled.
Follow along on the website: Citizen or Resident? http://j.mp/1BBaE67 Let's and Let Us: http://j.mp/1SL2NaP Newfangled: http://j.mp/1NbEVcJ Survey…
Jun 23, 2015·14m
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471 GG Size versus Sized. When Is It OK to Be Redundant? Mind Your P’s and Q’s.
Follow Along on the Website: 'King-size' or 'King-sized'? http://bit.ly/1AN2M1x When Is It OK to Be Redundant? http://bit.ly/1eRM9rl What Does "Mind Your P's…
Jun 18, 2015·12m
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470 GG Prepositions in Shakespeare
Follow Along on the Website: How Many Spaces After a Colon? http://bit.ly/1EFJVQF Prepositions in Shakespeare http://bit.ly/1Rwb7KU A Treat…
Jun 12, 2015·12m
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469 GG Kudos. Crossword Puzzles. Squad Goals. June 4, 2015.
Follow Along on the Website: The Meaning of Kudos http://bit.ly/1SEAko0 What Does 'Squad Goals' Mean? http://bit.ly/1JhBqmC Crosswords http://bit.ly/1d23nAV…
Jun 4, 2015·12m
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468 GG Congratulations. Food Names That Come From Countries…or Not. Tall Poppy Syndrome.
Follow Along on the Website: Congratulations http://bit.ly/1HM9mVo Food Names that are Totally Fake http://bit.ly/1HM9ww0 Tall Poppy Syndrome…
May 28, 2015·10m
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467 GG Deep Seeded or Deep Seated?, Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language, Japanese Words in English
Follow along on the website: Deep Seeded or Deep Seated? http://bit.ly/1IRDyQj Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language http://bit.ly/1GsAh9S Japanese…
May 21, 2015·14m
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466 GG Healthy Versus Healthful. The Best SAT Essay Ever. Fast and Loose
Follow along on the website: Healthy Versus Healthful http://bit.ly/1Hem0wb The Best SAT Essay Ever Article: http://bit.ly/1H4dr4c PDF of the Essay…
May 14, 2015·16m
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465 GG Two Spaces After a Period?
Follow Along on the Website: Yay, Yea, Yeah, and Yes. Two Spaces After a Period? http://bit.ly/1IlSO7G English Words from Spanish Grammar Pop iPad…
May 7, 2015·12m
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464 GG Weird Conditionals
Follow along on the website: Fiance or Fiancee: http://j.mp/1HI4wcy If-Clauses: http://j.mp/1DA19Qe Dark Horse: http://j.mp/1Othuk5 Sponsors…
Apr 30, 2015·13m
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463 GG Most or Almost. Parallel Structure. Follow Suit
Follow along on the website: Most or Almost http://j.mp/1bz6joG Parallel Structure http://j.mp/1EwygtV Follow Suit http://j.mp/1yUH2PL Try my iOS game, Grammar…
Apr 23, 2015·11m
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462 GG Everyday. Ain't. Eponyms
Follow Along on the Website: Everyday Versus Every Day http://j.mp/1FvEiFz Ain't http://j.mp/1cjF1CP Eponyms http://j.mp/1EjPhGa Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop…
Apr 16, 2015·11m
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461 GG Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Follow along on the website: Smitten http://j.mp/1aLWFyC Between You and Me (Excerpt) http://j.mp/1H6eg0b Spick and Span http://j.mp/1a7LdMr Try my iOS game…
Apr 9, 2015·10m
Grammar Girl
105 Yoda Grammar (Reissue)
Follow along on the website: Yoda Grammar http://j.mp/1P06VCE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 2, 2015·6m
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460 GG Global English: Prepone, Do the Needful, and More
Follow along on the website: Parentheses and Subject-Verb Agreement http://j.mp/1FWMySM Global English http://j.mp/19U43aG Stand in Line or Stand on Line?…
Mar 26, 2015·9m
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459 GG Subject-Verb Agreement
Follow Along on the Website: 'Wrong' Versus 'Wrongly' http://j.mp/1xjQN9H Subject-Verb Agreement http://j.mp/1xClTnM Is 'Heighth' a Word? http://j.mp/1GvnEIq…
Mar 19, 2015·10m
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458 GG Can You Process These Tricky, but Grammatical, Sentences?
Follow along on the website: Does E-Book Need a Hyphen? http://j.mp/1wCjVs6 Can You Process These Tricky, but Grammatical, Sentences? http://j.mp/1HPgFLq The…
Mar 13, 2015·14m
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456 GG Is Starting a Sentence With So Condescending?
Follow Along on the Website When "First" Is Redundant http://j.mp/1wtjhgT Is Starting a Sentence With So Condescending? http://j.mp/1wthqsn Synecdoche…
Feb 26, 2015·15m
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Announcement
There was a death in my family, so I don't have a show this week. I'll be back next week. If you're looking for something new to listen to while I'm away, try…
Feb 20, 2015·1m