Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed... more
1047. This week, we look at word pairs like "august/August" that change their meaning when capitalized and how you can... more
1046. Jennifer Lynn Barnes, author of the "Inheritance Games" books, discusses how writing from different points of view can help... more
1045. A listener asked if the song "The Wizard and I" should actually be "The Wizard and Me," so we... more
1044. Today, I'm talking about a strange disappearance that forensic linguist Natalie Schilling worked on that she calls "the case... more
1043. "Skibidi," "polarization," "brat," "demure," "enshittification," and more. You might get whiplash from the vacillating vibes of all the words... more
1042. Today, Ben Yagoda and Mignon talk about the words "twee," "vet," the two spellings of "gray," the surprising origins... more
1041. Today, we talk about the word "home" and its meaning beyond just a structure, and then we talk about... more
1040. The downsides of AI bother me a lot — job loss, energy use, and the content tsunami. But I... more
1039. People are saying "I mean" more lately, and we explain what it ... means! Plus, we look at why... more
1038. Chicago Manual of Style editors Mary Laur and Russell Harper dish on the changes they wanted in CMOS that... more