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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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E1076
Ghostwriters, book deals, and AI: What you didn’t know about publishing, with Dan Gerstein
E1076·
Yesterday
Yesterday
22 mins
E1075
'I.e.' versus 'e.g.' What Shakespeare actually added to English. Four schnitzels.
E1075·
April 22
April 22
18 mins
E1074
AI and the future of dictionaries, with Erin McKean
E1074·
April 17
April 17
26 mins
E1073
Better paragraph breaks. The story behind 'mad money' and 'pin money.' Bruce bad.
E1073·
April 15
April 15
15 mins
E1072
The future of editing jobs in the age of AI, with Samantha Enslen
E1072·
April 10
April 10
17 mins
E1071
How to write photo captions. The real difference between ‘immigrate’ and ‘emigrate.’ Ko Pha-ngan'd
E1071·
April 8
April 8
16 mins
E1070
The hidden techniques behind well-paced fiction, with Joshua Essoe
E1070·
April 3
April 3
25 mins
E1069
Why don't we say the L in 'walk'? Never use 'always.' PABST
E1069·
April 1
April 1
15 mins
E1068
Exploring slang, AI ghost words, and language change, with Heddwen Newton
E1068·
March 27
March 27
31 mins
E1067
What’s wrong with "'til"? Why tiny words control conversations. How many cookies?
E1067·
March 25
March 25
17 mins
E1066
The best punctuation book, period, with June Casagrande
E1066·
March 20
March 20
25 mins
E1065
Why we say ‘OK.’ How tea shaped English slang. Poetry winner
E1065·
March 18
March 18
17 mins
E1064
Behind the scenes of Wikipedia: editing, accuracy, and notability, with Jonathan Rick
E1064·
March 13
March 13
27 mins
E1063
How did our holidays become so 'corny'? Why do some words have accent marks in English? Cubby hole
E1063·
March 11
March 11
15 mins
E1062
Why kids can't read (and what we can do about it), with Kate Crist
E1062·
March 6
March 6
27 mins
E1061
The mystery of ‘it’ in English. The most dramatic moments in grammar history. Ghost Town Mad, the song
E1061·
March 4
March 4
16 mins
E1060
From 'Parasite' to 'Emilia Pérez': How movies shape language, with Andrew Cheng
E1060·
February 27
February 27
31 mins
E1059
Why Americans write 'canceled' but still write 'cancellation.' How printing history gave us 'fine print.' Fluff.
E1059·
February 25
February 25
15 mins
E1058
Writing Motivation Hacks, with Mary Robinette Kowal
E1058·
February 20
February 20
28 mins
E1057
Why we misuse ‘literally.’ How ham radio got its name. District
E1057·
February 18
February 18
17 mins
E1056
How to be a ghostwriter, with Dan Gerstein
E1056·
February 13
February 13
33 mins
E1055
Why some holidays have apostrophes. Why Californians say ‘the 405.’ MIGD
E1055·
February 11
February 11
18 mins
E1054
Word games and the joy of playing every day, with Lex Friedman
E1054·
February 6
February 6
25 mins
E1053
'Toeing' the line. Metonymy versus synecdoche. Ghost town mad
E1053·
February 4
February 4
17 mins
E1052
Wordplay and cartoons: Inside the making of 'AB@C,' with Rob Meyerson and Dan Misdea
E1052·
January 30
January 30
18 mins
E1051
Does 'book-book' make sense? Fun words for jigsaw lovers. Chilly chickens.
E1051·
January 28
January 28
14 mins
E1050
The secret to writing a good memoir, with Wendy Dale
E1050·
January 23
January 23
19 mins
E1049
Quotation marks in 1906. Starting stories in the middle. Road trip words.
E1049·
January 21
January 21
17 mins
E1048
'Rebel with a Clause,' the movie, with Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson
E1048·
January 16
January 16
24 mins
E1047
From "august" to "August." Why the union is always "strong." Nee nee
E1047·
January 14
January 14
15 mins
E1046
The psychology of fandom, with Jennifer Lynn Barnes
E1046·
January 9
January 9
23 mins
E1045
Does 'Wicked' have a grammar error? What is the 'neck of the woods'? To be Frances
E1045·
January 7
January 7
14 mins
E1044
The case of the mystery dialect, with Natalie Schilling
E1044·
January 2
January 2
20 mins
E1043
2024 words of the year, with John Kelly
E1043·
Dec 30, 2024
Dec 30, 2024
44 mins
E1042
Twee pop, bumbershoot, amongst, and more, with Ben Yagoda
E1042·
Dec 26, 2024
Dec 26, 2024
14 mins
E1041
'Home' for the holidays. False friends. Hello, Dentist.
E1041·
Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024
14 mins
E1040
Struggling with AI: Job loss, energy use, and more, with Christopher Penn
E1040·
Dec 19, 2024
Dec 19, 2024
22 mins
E1039
Why people say 'I mean ...' Missing pronouns. Cat-tracted.
E1039·
Dec 17, 2024
Dec 17, 2024
16 mins
E1038
Why the new CMOS is yellow. Pandemic collectors editions. And more
E1038·
Dec 12, 2024
Dec 12, 2024
16 mins
E1037
Positive 'anymore.' 'Wreaked' or 'wrought'? Seat of your pants. Pecan pie.
E1037·
Dec 10, 2024
Dec 10, 2024
13 mins
E1036
Making your own dictionary, with Erin McKean
E1036·
Dec 5, 2024
Dec 5, 2024
25 mins
E1035
Good first sentences. The language of 'Gladiator II.' Bear barber.
E1035·
Dec 3, 2024
Dec 3, 2024
16 mins
E1034
How to write about trademarks. Why we say 'thank you.'
E1034·
Nov 26, 2024
Nov 26, 2024
16 mins
E1033
Why one creative agency changed its stance on AI
E1033·
Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024
35 mins
E1032
Why children learn languages faster than adults. Are band names singular or plural?
E1032·
Nov 19, 2024
Nov 19, 2024
19 mins
E1031
'Beer' words in the OED, with Fiona McPherson
E1031·
Nov 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024
28 mins
E1030
'Hanged' versus 'Hung.' Is 'pair' singular or plural? Fossilized phrases.
E1030·
Nov 12, 2024
Nov 12, 2024
16 mins
E1029
The psychology of writing bestsellers, with Jennifer Lynn Barnes
E1029·
Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024
41 mins
E1028
Are you "pantless" or "pantsless"? Who (or what) is Beetlejuice?
E1028·
Nov 5, 2024
Nov 5, 2024
17 mins
E1027
How linguists solve crimes, with Natalie Schilling
E1027·
Oct 31, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
34 mins
E1026
From Guy Fawkes to Guido Fawkes. Tales from the crypt (and catacombs, mausoleums, and ossuaries). Taquitos
E1026·
Oct 29, 2024
Oct 29, 2024
16 mins
E1025
The language of meetings, with Jim Slaughter
E1025·
Oct 24, 2024
Oct 24, 2024
26 mins
E1024
Why don't we say 'I'm smarter than YOU'RE'? The language of fear. Catherineisms.
E1024·
Oct 22, 2024
Oct 22, 2024
17 mins
E1023
Feeling stuck? Anne Lamott's here to kickstart your writing!
E1023·
Oct 17, 2024
Oct 17, 2024
37 mins
E1022
Quack! What's a lame duck? A German punctuation kerfuffle.
E1022·
Oct 15, 2024
Oct 15, 2024
17 mins
E1021
Can AI really write? A no-nonsense discussion, with Christopher Penn
E1021·
Oct 10, 2024
Oct 10, 2024
39 mins
E1020
How to talk like a chef. The Michigander controversy. Jakey.
E1020·
Oct 8, 2024
Oct 8, 2024
18 mins
E1019
How writers navigate failure and find success, with Jonathan Small
E1019·
Oct 3, 2024
Oct 3, 2024
28 mins
E1018
From game boards to boardrooms. Commas with participial phrases. Gritties.
E1018·
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
13 mins
E1017
From 'gobsmacked' to 'ginger': The British invasion of American English, with Ben Yagoda
E1017·
Sep 26, 2024
Sep 26, 2024
28 mins
E1016
Why some verb sets are so odd (like 'go/went'). Corporate euphemisms. Goggy.
E1016·
Sep 24, 2024
Sep 24, 2024
16 mins
E1015
What's new in the Chicago Manual of Style (18th edition), with Russell Harper and Mary Laur
E1015·
Sep 19, 2024
Sep 19, 2024
51 mins
E1014
Do words like 'mandate' and 'cockamamie' come from words for men? Grammatical doppelgangers. A pair of teeth.
E1014·
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
16 mins
E1013
What fiction writers know about avoiding stereotypes, with Alex Temblador
E1013·
Sep 12, 2024
Sep 12, 2024
34 mins
E1012
'Tea' or 'chai'? Why we misspeak. Fellatone.
E1012·
Sep 10, 2024
Sep 10, 2024
13 mins
E1011
The language of liars. 'Legendary,' 'famous,' or 'notorious'? Fish shapes.
E1011·
Sep 3, 2024
Sep 3, 2024
14 mins
E1010
Cat Idioms. 'Summerween' and other blends. Bankery
E1010·
Aug 27, 2024
Aug 27, 2024
16 mins
E1009
Apostrophes have always been confusing. 'First' or 'firstly'? Trudy!
E1009·
Aug 20, 2024
Aug 20, 2024
15 mins
E1008
When to use 'the' before a noun. Why rhymes help us remember. Opening a lime.
E1008·
Aug 13, 2024
Aug 13, 2024
18 mins
E1007
Why singers lose their accents. Why the 'I before E' rule is weird.
E1007·
Aug 6, 2024
Aug 6, 2024
18 mins
E1006
Why 'I' takes plural verbs. Making names that end in S, like Harris and Biles, possessive. Marinate.
E1006·
Jul 30, 2024
Jul 30, 2024
15 mins
E1005
A brief history of English (aka when they spoke French in England). Killer death meat.
E1005·
Jul 23, 2024
Jul 23, 2024
19 mins
E1004
The power of words: Conscious language, with Karen Yin
E1004·
Jul 18, 2024
Jul 18, 2024
42 mins
E1003
How to write about zero. Are your emails accidentally rude? PAPST.
E1003·
Jul 16, 2024
Jul 16, 2024
17 mins
E1002
AI: Friend or foe? A conversation with Martha Brockenbrough
E1002·
Jul 11, 2024
Jul 11, 2024
22 mins
E1001
The unspoken rules of adjectives. The rise of 'yeah-nah.' Sundies
E1001·
Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 2024
17 mins
E1000
Grammar Girl at 1000: Words, wisdom, and a dash of whimsy
E1000·
Jul 4, 2024
Jul 4, 2024
25 mins
E999
The birth of American English. How to recognize a phrasal verb. Cucka-nucka.
E999·
Jul 2, 2024
Jul 2, 2024
19 mins
E998
Buying your hometown newspaper, with Samantha & Greg Enslen
E998·
Jun 27, 2024
Jun 27, 2024
46 mins
E997
'Which' versus 'that.' Words for walking. Bottleadammit.
E997·
Jun 25, 2024
Jun 25, 2024
16 mins
E996
The Hidden Stories of African American English with Dr. Sonja Lanehart
E996·
Jun 20, 2024
Jun 20, 2024
39 mins
E995
The art of punctuation and the charm of 'kerfuffle.' Nicing.
E995·
Jun 18, 2024
Jun 18, 2024
18 mins
E994
Exploring the Language of 'Dune': An Interview with Kevin J. Anderson and Scott Brick
E994·
Jun 13, 2024
Jun 13, 2024
44 mins
E993
The power of sign language in 'Dune.' The words we use for dad. Chee
E993·
Jun 11, 2024
Jun 11, 2024
16 mins
E992
The crossword craze — now and then — with Ben Zimmer
E992·
Jun 6, 2024
Jun 6, 2024
27 mins
E991
From 'dog' to 'hot dog.' The 'audience of one' trick. More on the long S. Footbridge.
E991·
Jun 4, 2024
Jun 4, 2024
20 mins
E990
Why is this a question? with Paul Anthony Jones
E990·
May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024
29 mins
E989
What is a Word? Target moments.
E989·
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
18 mins
E988
How a special dictionary kept soldiers connected during WWII, with Peter Sokolowski
E988·
May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
26 mins
E987
Why some sentences have double subjects. The story behind the old F-like letter S. Schwen schwen on dill.
E987·
May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024
16 mins
E986
Efficiency hacks for writers and editors with Erin Brenner
E986·
May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024
31 mins
E985
We found the story behind "whim wham for a mucket"!
E985·
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024
15 mins
E984
Words, coffee, and urban planning: Eli Burnstein on the Dictionary of Fine Distinctions
E984·
May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024
26 mins
E983
Skunked words. The power of pronouns. Quigleys
E983·
May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
17 mins
E982
Air worms and fire breathing dragons: Old English animal stories with Hana Videen
E982·
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024
30 mins
E981
When (and How) Should You Cite AI? 'Critters,' 'Varmints,' and Beyond. Choobers.
E981·
Apr 30, 2024
Apr 30, 2024
17 mins
E980
Exploring the 'Funnest' Parts of Language with Anne Curzan
E980·
Apr 25, 2024
Apr 25, 2024
33 mins
E979
The birth of punctuation: from oral traditions to silent reading. Noun clusters. A wing wang in a mucket.
E979·
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
16 mins
E978
How to become a supercommunicator, with Charles Duhigg
E978·
Apr 18, 2024
Apr 18, 2024
19 mins
E977
Big changes in Associated Press style. The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' finale was catawampus. Bappy
E977·
Apr 16, 2024
Apr 16, 2024
13 mins
E976
Pet-Speak: From Meowlogisms to Zoomies. 'Imply' or 'Infer'?
E976·
Apr 9, 2024
Apr 9, 2024
19 mins
E975
You love to read. Could you narrate?
E975·
Apr 2, 2024
Apr 2, 2024
24 mins
E974
Memory, Aging, and the Lingering 'Anyways'
E974·
Mar 26, 2024
Mar 26, 2024
17 mins
E973
A nuclear win at the Oscars. CamelCase. One clo.
E973·
Mar 19, 2024
Mar 19, 2024
16 mins
E972
From grunts to grammar. The Irish 'after doing.' The winning NGD poem!
E972·
Mar 12, 2024
Mar 12, 2024
13 mins
E971
Where did our language start?
E971·
Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024
21 mins
E970
'Addictive' or 'addicting'? Types of nouns. Folley
E970·
Feb 27, 2024
Feb 27, 2024
14 mins
E969
Tracing the origins of Miami's new English. Why it's not a 'gumballs' machine. Embassy Sweets.
E969·
Feb 20, 2024
Feb 20, 2024
19 mins
E968
Taylor Swift Doesn't Need Your Grammatical Approval. In Love. Foil Lump Surprise.
E968·
Feb 13, 2024
Feb 13, 2024
13 mins
E967
'A' versus 'an.' 'Larruping' rides again. Euonyms. Flavoring.
E967·
Feb 6, 2024
Feb 6, 2024
12 mins
E966
From 'hwhat' to 'what': Tracing a letter's disappearing act. Barkhouse.
E966·
Jan 30, 2024
Jan 30, 2024
17 mins
E965
The listener show! (canceled, think, lettuce, funnily, episode numbers, at about, mangos, musgos)
E965·
Jan 23, 2024
Jan 23, 2024
19 mins
E964
Technology changes how we write. Who was the first Goody Two Shoes?
E964·
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
16 mins
E963
More than fluff: Understanding 'needless' words. Larruping. Chicken surprise.
E963·
Jan 9, 2024
Jan 9, 2024
11 mins
E962
The psychology (and language) of time. Commas are like people on the subway. Fox chores.
E962·
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
15 mins
A rizzy word-of-the-year chat (with Jess Zafarris)
Dec 26, 2023
Dec 26, 2023
22 mins
E960
Why English has silent letters. Dayjamas.
E960·
Dec 26, 2023
Dec 26, 2023
19 mins
E959
The special sauce of human language. Gotten. NATO alphabet. A1 sauce.
E959·
Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2023
14 mins
E958
What's the difference between Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, Latinx, and Latine? Can something 'grow' smaller? Musko.
E958·
Dec 12, 2023
Dec 12, 2023
18 mins
E957
When does a house become a mansion? Giving someone house.
E957·
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
12 mins
E956
From metal type to metaphor: printing terms that extended their reach. The positive 'anymore.' Gigglemare.
E956·
Nov 28, 2023
Nov 28, 2023
17 mins
E955
Why is Black Friday black? The NATO alphabet. Byeloveyou.
E955·
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023
17 mins
E954
The science of the plot twist. Irregardless. Spug.
E954·
Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023
17 mins
E953
Omnishambles! Military slang across the pond (interview with Ben Yagoda)
E953·
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
32 mins
E952
Cliches. Organic. Bully pulpit. Fimfy.
E952·
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
19 mins
E951
The dark histories behind your favorite scary words, with Jess Zafarris
E951·
Oct 24, 2023
Oct 24, 2023
35 mins
E950
Namesake. Commentate. Sprigly
E950·
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023
13 mins
E949
How to write great topic sentences. Fanilects. Throwawayable.
E949·
Oct 10, 2023
Oct 10, 2023
15 mins
E948
When 'nice' was bad and 'bully' was good. Is 'preorder' redundant? High-intensity transformer.
E948·
Oct 3, 2023
Oct 3, 2023
16 mins
E947
Think faster and talk smarter. Tips from Matt Abrahams that will make you a better writer and speaker
E947·
Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023
21 mins
E946
Did Disney nail the pronunciation of 'Caribbean'? How to write equations. Chuther.
E946·
Sep 19, 2023
Sep 19, 2023
13 mins
E945
Asking experts about language (interview with Steve Kleinedler, former executive editor of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel)
E945·
Sep 12, 2023
Sep 12, 2023
34 mins
E944
When you shouldn't 'write tight.' 'Behead' versus 'decapitate.' YesHony.
E944·
Sep 5, 2023
Sep 5, 2023
16 mins
E943
Say hwat?! 'Anxious' versus 'eager.' Pink stein.
E943·
Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 2023
14 mins
E942
The wonders of the 'a-' prefix in English. 'Personal' versus 'personnel.'
E942·
Aug 22, 2023
Aug 22, 2023
18 mins
E941
Hilarious typos (and how to avoid them). Why do we 'take' a walk?
E941·
Aug 15, 2023
Aug 15, 2023
16 mins
E940
Have you ridden an acoustic bike lately? Write it tight.
E940·
Aug 8, 2023
Aug 8, 2023
17 mins
E939
Did you know that on US Army bases, soldiers get a tattoo every day? Keep writing.
E939·
Aug 1, 2023
Aug 1, 2023
13 mins
E938
People have ~feelings~ about the exclamation point (Florence Hazrat interview)
E938·
Jul 25, 2023
Jul 25, 2023
34 mins
15 years of podcasting with Money Girl and Nutrition Diva
Jul 21, 2023
Jul 21, 2023
33 mins
E937
'Less' versus 'fewer.' Fun names for fingers. Scunscreen.
E937·
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 2023
16 mins
E936
'Inspirational' or 'aspirational'? The surprising dangers of ChatGPT. Spaghetto.
E936·
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023
18 mins
E935
Phrasal verb mysteries and minced oath origins. Night water.
E935·
Jul 4, 2023
Jul 4, 2023
17 mins
E934
Unlocking the mystery of 'ever words' and Latin abbreviations. Juna.
E934·
Jun 27, 2023
Jun 27, 2023
13 mins
E933
Why words can suddenly look unrecognizable. Learn to love the full stop. Marley.
E933·
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
17 mins
E932
Imagine life as a fiction editor (interview with Amy Schneider, author of the Chicago Guide to Copy Editing Fiction)
E932·
Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023
29 mins
E931
Darth Vader and the word 'father.' Comparatives and superlatives. Pritinear.
E931·
Jun 6, 2023
Jun 6, 2023
18 mins
E930
TV changes how you use language. When to use (and not use) 'more' and 'most'
E930·
May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023
15 mins
E929
Why the heck does 'score' mean 20? How we subconsciously know how to pronounce different plurals.
E929·
May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023
18 mins
E928
Why English is the best language for Wordle, with Lynne Murphy
E928·
May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023
24 mins
E927
It's all uphill from here (or is that downhill?). Eating like a pig (animal idioms).
E927·
May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023
14 mins
E926
What's wrong with 'there are' sentences? 5 fun facts about Spanish for Cinco de Mayo
E926·
May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023
18 mins
E925
Have you begged the question lately? What kind of learning is best: online, remote, distance, or virtual?
E925·
Apr 25, 2023
Apr 25, 2023
19 mins
E924
What we get wrong about 'um' and 'uh,' with Valerie Fridland
E924·
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
32 mins
E923
5 things every writer wants to learn, with Roy Peter Clark
E923·
Apr 11, 2023
Apr 11, 2023
34 mins
E922
Killer bunnies in medieval manuscripts. The strange rules of 'dozen.'
E922·
Apr 4, 2023
Apr 4, 2023
21 mins
E921
The Rosetta Stone and taxes. Is your sufficiency suffonsified?
E921·
Mar 28, 2023
Mar 28, 2023
14 mins
E920
Why we have both 'a' and 'an.' What does it mean to be lonely? Sufficiency.
E920·
Mar 21, 2023
Mar 21, 2023
17 mins
E919
How 'napron' became 'apron' (and what that has to do with newts). 'Ahold' or 'a hold'?
E919·
Mar 14, 2023
Mar 14, 2023
13 mins
E918
Why do people 'drop' a new single? How to pronounce 'often.'
E918·
Mar 7, 2023
Mar 7, 2023
12 mins
E917
How to actually improve your grammar. Why parallelism is important (and how to use it). Keycoos.
E917·
Feb 28, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
17 mins
E916
How writing very short stories can improve all your writing (with Grant Faulkner)
E916·
Feb 21, 2023
Feb 21, 2023
28 mins
E915
Language reveals universal truths about love. 'Wool sweater' or 'woolen sweater'? Grandmother crackers.
E915·
Feb 14, 2023
Feb 14, 2023
12 mins
E914
Interview with a creator of 'Schoolhouse Rock'!
E914·
Feb 7, 2023
Feb 7, 2023
15 mins
E913
What Does the AP Have Against France? Out Over Your Skis. Lands' End. Tolater.
E913·
Jan 31, 2023
Jan 31, 2023
16 mins
E912
Teddy Bears. The Brothers Grimm. Danger Cluck.
E912·
Jan 24, 2023
Jan 24, 2023
9 mins
E911
Weird punctuation with 'Jr.' Carl's Jr. Hockey.
E911·
Jan 17, 2023
Jan 17, 2023
14 mins
E910
Inflation, quiet quitting, and "un-" words, like "undressed," that can have two meanings. Gotcha Day.
E910·
Jan 10, 2023
Jan 10, 2023
15 mins
E909
How COVID Changed the Way We Think About Words. How to Write Dates. Prefeed.
E909·
Jan 3, 2023
Jan 3, 2023
14 mins
E908
World Cup Words. The Origin of Toasting. Says.
E908·
Dec 27, 2022
Dec 27, 2022
14 mins
E907
Goblin Mode, Woman, & More. Words of the Year, with Kory Stamper
E907·
Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022
33 mins
E906
The Wonderful Words of Christmas
E906·
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 2022
15 mins
E905
We found the book!
E905·
Dec 6, 2022
Dec 6, 2022
13 mins
E904
What's a Honeyfuggler? 'Through' vs. 'Throughout.' Arriversary.
E904·
Dec 2, 2022
Dec 2, 2022
12 mins
E903
A Strange Use of 'Said.' Kith and Kin. New Scrabble Words!
E903·
Nov 25, 2022
Nov 25, 2022
12 mins
E902
Why Today's 'Thank You' Is Different from an Ancient 'Thank You.' Gerunds.
E902·
Nov 18, 2022
Nov 18, 2022
16 mins
E901
WWII Words. A 'bit' of an Issue. Kleenex.
E901·
Nov 11, 2022
Nov 11, 2022
14 mins
E900
The Medieval Origins of the @ Symbol. Hyphens in Dual-Heritage Terms. Pitch.
E900·
Nov 4, 2022
Nov 4, 2022
14 mins
E899
The Difference Between Magic and Magick. Some Fascinating Spooky Words. Holy Fagachi!
E899·
Oct 28, 2022
Oct 28, 2022
14 mins
E898
Randall Munroe of xkcd: Language Chat and Weird Bee Laws.
E898·
Oct 21, 2022
Oct 21, 2022
35 mins
E897
The Subconscious Rules of Conversation. The Double-Word Problem. Cookie Fish.
E897·
Oct 14, 2022
Oct 14, 2022
16 mins
E896
Wick-ED Fun Pronunciations. Deviled Eggs.
E896·
Oct 7, 2022
Oct 7, 2022
15 mins
E895
When Is a Man a Widow? Where Do We Get the Word 'Blurb'? Sci-Fi Versus Fantasy. Bert and Ernie.
E895·
Sep 30, 2022
Sep 30, 2022
11 mins
E894
Mood & Atmosphere in Fiction. An Interview with Joshua Essoe
E894·
Sep 23, 2022
Sep 23, 2022
33 mins
E893
Split Infinitives. I Can't Even. Macken.
E893·
Sep 16, 2022
Sep 16, 2022
14 mins
E892
Why Some People Say 'Might Could.' The Spanish Influence on English. Mickle Story.
E892·
Sep 9, 2022
Sep 9, 2022
19 mins
E891
Accent Hallucination. False Ranges. Thanks, Chris.
E891·
Sep 2, 2022
Sep 2, 2022
18 mins
E890
'Skrrt,' 'Bottle Episode,' 'Skeuomorphs' and more. An Interview with John Kelly of Dictionary.com.
E890·
Aug 26, 2022
Aug 26, 2022
31 mins
E889
What's up with Splooting? Capitalizing Titles. Momilltellya.
E889·
Aug 19, 2022
Aug 19, 2022
12 mins
E888
How Gendered Languages Are Changing. Jugopop.
E888·
Aug 12, 2022
Aug 12, 2022
15 mins
E887
How Using Pliers Improves Your Language. Weird Possessives. Ducky File.
E887·
Aug 5, 2022
Aug 5, 2022
16 mins
E886
A Riotous Good Time with Ellen Jovin of the Grammar Table
E886·
Jul 29, 2022
Jul 29, 2022
28 mins
E885
Ripe. Lede. Prevent. Awesome. Fulsome. MacGuffin. Daisy.
E885·
Jul 22, 2022
Jul 22, 2022
13 mins
E884
Why Nobody Says 'You're Welcome' Anymore. Whose. Chimichanga.
E884·
Jul 15, 2022
Jul 15, 2022
17 mins
E883
Code-Switching. Mignon Snaps Over Numbers. Foomp.
E883·
Jul 8, 2022
Jul 8, 2022
19 mins
E882
Surprising Words Related to 'Freedom.' Double Subjects. Foop.
E882·
Jul 1, 2022
Jul 1, 2022
14 mins
E881
'Ant' or 'Ahnt'? Capitalizing Cocktail Names. Archie Bunker.
E881·
Jun 24, 2022
Jun 24, 2022
15 mins
E880
The Many Meanings of 'Father.' How Watergate Changed English. Punim
E880·
Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022
19 mins
E879
Demonyms: Why People from North Carolina Are Called Tar Heels. 'Healthy' Versus 'Healthful.' Sussies 3!
E879·
Jun 10, 2022
Jun 10, 2022
20 mins
E878
Are Wisdom Teeth Smart? Capitalizing Degree Names. Sussies 2
E878·
Jun 3, 2022
Jun 3, 2022
15 mins
E877
Whatever Happened to "Thou"?
E877·
May 27, 2022
May 27, 2022
14 mins
E876
How Spellers Tackle the 'Dreaded Schwa'
E876·
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
17 mins
E875
Why "'Em" Isn't Short for "Them." The Subjunctive. Sussies.
E875·
May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022
15 mins
E874
Tomi Adeyemi: The Writing Life and Her New Writing Course.
E874·
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
41 mins
E873
Scissors, Jeans, and Other Nouns That Are Always Plural. Flat Adverbs. Boteep.
E873·
Apr 28, 2022
Apr 28, 2022
18 mins
E872
If Earth Looks Like a Blue Marble, Why Is Earth Day Associated with the Color Green? Also, 'Funnest.'
E872·
Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
14 mins
E871
You Know. Doppelganger. Trademarks. Funnily. Chicken Milk.
E871·
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 14, 2022
14 mins
E870
I Cannot Tell a Lie (but I Can Mislead)! And Sometimes People Do It With Percentages.
E870·
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
16 mins
E869
How Aphasia Causes Difficulty Speaking. Chairdrobe.
E869·
Mar 31, 2022
Mar 31, 2022
24 mins
E868
Why Tired People Talk About Being 'Out of Spoons.' Why Nouns Are More Complicated Than You May Think.
E868·
Mar 24, 2022
Mar 24, 2022
10 mins
E867
Barracking, Sheilas and Shouts: How the Irish Influenced Australian English
E867·
Mar 17, 2022
Mar 17, 2022
13 mins
E866
The Oxford Comma. And Should You Start a Sentence with 'And'?
E866·
Mar 10, 2022
Mar 10, 2022
16 mins
E865
Is 'Materiel' Just a Fancy Pronunciation of 'Material'? Are Binomials the Same Across Languages?
E865·
Mar 3, 2022
Mar 3, 2022
10 mins
E864
Why Do We Cringe at 'Pepper and Salt'? Why 'Square' Is Uncool. Quickquish.
E864·
Feb 24, 2022
Feb 24, 2022
16 mins
E863
What's Square About a Square Meal? How to Use Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces. Guck.
E863·
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
16 mins
E862
Are People Using 'Commiserate' Wrong? The Origin of (the Word) 'Influenza.' Hersband.
E862·
Feb 10, 2022
Feb 10, 2022
12 mins
E861
Do You Call In, Out, or Off Sick? How Kids Learn Language. Hexaboobiated.
E861·
Feb 4, 2022
Feb 4, 2022
17 mins
E860
Tips for Learning a New Language: The Fluent Show
E860·
Jan 27, 2022
Jan 27, 2022
27 mins
E859
Why 'Tiny' Sounds Smaller Than 'Huge.' Nixing the Horrid 'Of.' Kokopelli.
E859·
Jan 20, 2022
Jan 20, 2022
19 mins
E858
'Strollout,' 'Insurrection,' 'Yassify,' and Other Words of the Year for 2021
E858·
Jan 13, 2022
Jan 13, 2022
14 mins
E857
Cardsharp. The Old-New Singular 'They.' Grignug.
E857·
Jan 6, 2022
Jan 6, 2022
16 mins
E856
Questions, Questions, So Many Questions!
E856·
Dec 30, 2021
Dec 30, 2021
14 mins
E855
Is "Milk and Cookies" One Thing or Two? A New Language Term: The Santaback. Shoedabakers.
E855·
Dec 24, 2021
Dec 24, 2021
16 mins
E854
How Lori Rader-Day Wrote a Historical Novel About War Evacuees in Agatha Christie's Vacation Home
E854·
Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2021
28 mins
E853
Pretending to Be British. How to Use Ellipses. Spiders.
E853·
Dec 9, 2021
Dec 9, 2021
18 mins
E852
Shibboleth. Greeting Card Grammar. Bunkaree.
E852·
Dec 3, 2021
Dec 3, 2021
11 mins
E851
How to Use a Semicolon, Amirite? Partu.
E851·
Nov 25, 2021
Nov 25, 2021
13 mins
E850
Penultimate. Veni, Vidi, Vici. Smidge.
E850·
Nov 18, 2021
Nov 18, 2021
13 mins
E849
New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.
E849·
Nov 11, 2021
Nov 11, 2021
18 mins
E848
Editing an Anthology: 'Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed'
E848·
Nov 4, 2021
Nov 4, 2021
28 mins
E847
Is That a Tombstone, Gravestone, or Headstone? Why Is the Sound of a Human Scream So Terrifying?
E847·
Oct 28, 2021
Oct 28, 2021
12 mins
E846
Using Present Tense in a Story About the Past. Beck and Call. Tie-Dye Trees.
E846·
Oct 21, 2021
Oct 21, 2021
16 mins
E845
Surprise! These Names Are Trademarks. How to Write 'Dos and Don'ts' (or Is That 'Do's and Don'ts'?). Wording Your Mixes.
E845·
Oct 14, 2021
Oct 14, 2021
11 mins
E844
The Hedonometer and Your Feelings. What Does 'Schnozz' Mean?
E844·
Oct 7, 2021
Oct 7, 2021
20 mins
E843
How Do You Pronounce 'Tomato'? Why Is 'Chiropractic' Singular. Fish.
E843·
Sep 30, 2021
Sep 30, 2021
11 mins
E842
The Power of Very Specific Words, with Joel Schwartzberg
E842·
Sep 23, 2021
Sep 23, 2021
29 mins
E841
How to Really Talk Like a Pirate. When Do You Need a Comma Before 'Because'?
E841·
Sep 16, 2021
Sep 16, 2021
11 mins
E840
Why and When 'Very Unique' Is Wrong. Capitalizing 'Delta Variant' (or Not). Happy to You.
E840·
Sep 9, 2021
Sep 9, 2021
15 mins
E839
Naked Idioms. Short-Lived. Capitalizing Earth. Hector Protector.
E839·
Sep 2, 2021
Sep 2, 2021
12 mins
E838
The Origin of 'Honeymoon.' 'Where' Versus 'In Which.' Fevesteter.
E838·
Aug 26, 2021
Aug 26, 2021
11 mins
E837
Weird Words for Alcohol. Starting a Sentence with 'However.' Fam-ished.
E837·
Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021
16 mins
E836
How Storytelling Makes a Difference (and How to Do It Well)
E836·
Aug 13, 2021
Aug 13, 2021
42 mins
E835
What's the Opposite of Deja Vu? Commas Between Adjectives
E835·
Aug 5, 2021
Aug 5, 2021
14 mins
E834
The Best Stories from 15 Years of Grammar Girl
E834·
Jul 29, 2021
Jul 29, 2021
15 mins
E833
What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.
E833·
Jul 22, 2021
Jul 22, 2021
15 mins
E832
'Fish' or 'Fishes'? Why Do We Call Out 'Nothing' as 'Bupkis'?
E832·
Jul 15, 2021
Jul 15, 2021
10 mins
E831
'If' Versus 'Whether.' Why We Say 'The Exception That Proves the Rule.'
E831·
Jul 8, 2021
Jul 8, 2021
12 mins
E830
Trundle, Amble, Roam, and Shamble. How Some Preposition Use Has Changed Over Time.
E830·
Jul 1, 2021
Jul 1, 2021
17 mins
E829
Pedantic Nonsense Up with Which I Will Not Put! 'Discreet' or 'Discrete'?
E829·
Jun 24, 2021
Jun 24, 2021
14 mins
E828
Starting a Sentence with a Conjunction: Right or Wrong? Good 'Subpar' and Bad 'Subpar.'
E828·
Jun 17, 2021
Jun 17, 2021
15 mins
E827
How Long Is a Good Sentence? 'Cord' or 'Chord'? Grumple.
E827·
Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021
11 mins
E826
What Made 'Friends' Funny. How Cicadas Got Their Name. Dog Replacer.
E826·
Jun 3, 2021
Jun 3, 2021
13 mins
E825
Is 'Graduated College' Wrong? Five Wonderful Latin Phrases.
E825·
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
11 mins
E824
'Bring,' 'Take,' and 'Carry.' 'The Queen's Gambit.' Sweepy Thing.
E824·
May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021
15 mins
E823
Writing Dialogue. 'Associate Degree' or 'Associate's Degree'? Wiffy.
E823·
May 13, 2021
May 13, 2021
13 mins
E822
'Ketchup' or 'Catsup'? How to Punctuate Questions. Gmoing Gmoing.
E822·
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
13 mins
E821
What Does ‘Op-Ed’ Really Mean? The Perfect Paragraph Length. Items.
E821·
Apr 29, 2021
Apr 29, 2021
11 mins
E820
The Intrusive "Of." What Makes English Weird.
E820·
Apr 22, 2021
Apr 22, 2021
14 mins
E819
How to Write Faster. The Origin of the Odd Letter W
E819·
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
14 mins
E818
'Borrow' and 'Lend.' When to Use 'Nor.' Boncho.
E818·
Apr 8, 2021
Apr 8, 2021
11 mins
E817
Squirrelly Animal Verbs. 'People,' 'Peoples,' and 'Persons': Why It Matters.
E817·
Apr 1, 2021
Apr 1, 2021
10 mins
E816
A vast number of words have surprising origins. We talked about some today, including "scientist," "impressionist," "beatnik," and "paradigm."
E816·
Mar 25, 2021
Mar 25, 2021
18 mins
E815
'Normalcy' or 'Normality'? A Punctuation Question from a Famous Movie Line. Taco Cats.
E815·
Mar 18, 2021
Mar 18, 2021
10 mins
E814
It's Not Just March. Other Months Have 'Ides' Too! Are You on the Pig's Back Today?
E814·
Mar 11, 2021
Mar 11, 2021
11 mins
E813
813 - The History of National Grammar Day. My Favorite Resources. Anniversity
E813·
Mar 4, 2021
Mar 4, 2021
14 mins
E812
812 - Kibosh. Sidekicks. Misolation.
E812·
Feb 25, 2021
Feb 25, 2021
17 mins
E811
811 - Inigo Montoya and Coining Phrases. 'Dose' or 'Dosage'?
E811·
Feb 18, 2021
Feb 18, 2021
12 mins
E810
810 - Words out of Time. Why 'OK' Is OK.
E810·
Feb 11, 2021
Feb 11, 2021
15 mins
E809
809 - Rethink Descriptions Like 'Diabetic.' The Wonderful World of Italics,
E809·
Feb 4, 2021
Feb 4, 2021
14 mins
E808
808 - 6 Latin Abbreviations You Should Know. 'Imply' or 'Infer'?
E808·
Jan 28, 2021
Jan 28, 2021
14 mins
E807
807 - Why We Call Them Sea 'Shanties.' A Trick to Remember How to Spell 'Conscience'
E807·
Jan 21, 2021
Jan 21, 2021
12 mins
E806
806 - Why You Should Try Fanfiction. How to Find Tricky Pronunciations.
E806·
Jan 14, 2021
Jan 14, 2021
16 mins
E805
805 - 'Acedia': the lost name for the emotion we're all feeling right now
E805·
Jan 7, 2021
Jan 7, 2021
11 mins
E804
804 - Another Think/Thing Coming. 'Sanction,' 'Cleave,' 'Dust,' and More
E804·
Dec 31, 2020
Dec 31, 2020
14 mins
E803
803 - Pandemic, COVID, anderhalvemetersamenleving: 2020 Words of the Year
E803·
Dec 24, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
22 mins
E802
802 - Brandon Sanderson on Writing, Character and Place Names, and the Future
E802·
Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
34 mins
E801
801 - How to Get Your 'Just Deserts.' Comma After 'But'? Why?
E801·
Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020
11 mins
E800
800 - What Did You Step On? And Is That a Desert or a Dessert?
E800·
Dec 3, 2020
Dec 3, 2020
9 mins
E799
799 - What 'Whence' Has to Do with 'Where Are You At?' 'Regime' or 'Regimen'?
E799·
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020
11 mins
E798
798 - Why 'Hilarious' Is Funnier than 'Hysterical.' How to Start a Novel.
E798·
Nov 19, 2020
Nov 19, 2020
15 mins
E797
797 - Why Dickens' Character Names Are So Revealing. 'Continual' or 'Continuous'?
E797·
Nov 12, 2020
Nov 12, 2020
14 mins
E249
796 - What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe?
E249·
Nov 6, 2020
Nov 6, 2020
12 mins
E795
795 - Why People Use Scare Quotes. 'Dialog' or 'Dialogue'?
E795·
Oct 29, 2020
Oct 29, 2020
10 mins
E794
794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal Dialogue
E794·
Oct 22, 2020
Oct 22, 2020
14 mins
E793
793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox'
E793·
Oct 15, 2020
Oct 15, 2020
15 mins
E792
792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'
E792·
Oct 8, 2020
Oct 8, 2020
15 mins
E791
791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop)
E791·
Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
11 mins
E790
790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'
E790·
Sep 24, 2020
Sep 24, 2020
15 mins
E789
789 - How to Make Your Readers Laugh. 'Whoa' or 'Woah'?
E789·
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020
14 mins
E788
788 - Why 'Out of Pocket' Means Both 'Inappropriate' and 'Unavailable'
E788·
Sep 10, 2020
Sep 10, 2020
16 mins
E787
787 - Why We Associate Political Parties with the Colors Red and Blue
E787·
Sep 3, 2020
Sep 3, 2020
24 mins
E786
786 - 'Doomscrolling' (OK, Doomer). 'Each Other' or 'One Another'?
E786·
Aug 27, 2020
Aug 27, 2020
14 mins
E785
785 - 'Gantlet' or 'Gauntlet'? Do You Want to Say 'Had Went'?
E785·
Aug 20, 2020
Aug 20, 2020
12 mins
E784
784 - A Historical Tip for Remembering When to Use 'Historical.' Put More Thought into Your Punctuation.
E784·
Aug 13, 2020
Aug 13, 2020
14 mins
E783
783 - How Hurricanes Get Their Names. When You Should Avoid Using Contractions.
E783·
Aug 6, 2020
Aug 6, 2020
18 mins
E782
782 - What are those dots over letters? Why does 'money' have a plural, and how do you spell it?
E782·
Jul 30, 2020
Jul 30, 2020
10 mins
E781
781 - Blursday or Whensday? Middle Grade Versus Young Adult Fiction
E781·
Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020
16 mins
E780
780 - Which Comes First? Who or Where?
E780·
Jul 16, 2020
Jul 16, 2020
14 mins
E779
779 - How You Can Help the OED. Capitalizing 'Black.' How Playwriting Techniques Can Improve Your Writing.
E779·
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
14 mins
E778
778 - Do We Say 'Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight' Because of the Saharan Dust Plumes? Also, 'Yoiks!'
E778·
Jul 2, 2020
Jul 2, 2020
14 mins
E777
777 - How to Write Fight Scenes (and How to Get Started as a Fiction Editor)
E777·
Jun 25, 2020
Jun 25, 2020
29 mins
E776
776 - Why a Detective Searched for 'Clews' in a 1929 Novel. ‘Systemic’ or ‘Systematic’?
E776·
Jun 18, 2020
Jun 18, 2020
11 mins
E775
775 - Why We Talk About 'Bad Apples.' 'A Few' Versus 'a Couple'
E775·
Jun 11, 2020
Jun 11, 2020
11 mins
E774
774 - Roy Peter Clark on Civic Clarity
E774·
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 4, 2020
33 mins
E773
773 - Postal Zones. Reenter. Bougie.
E773·
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020
11 mins
E772
772 - The History of ZIP Codes and Addresses (Plus How to Write Them)
E772·
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020
21 mins
E771
771 - Writing Lessons from Bad Job Applications
E771·
May 14, 2020
May 14, 2020
15 mins
E770
770 - 'Muslim' or 'Moslem'? 'Fishfolk'? 'Fishist'? What Is the Gender-Neutral Term for 'Fisherman'?
E770·
May 7, 2020
May 7, 2020
13 mins
E769
769 - Why Do We Say 'Cool Your Heels'? What's Up With 'Zhuzh'?
E769·
Apr 30, 2020
Apr 30, 2020
18 mins
E768
768 - Why Aren't We 'Whelmed'? And Cabin 'Fever,' Anyone?
E768·
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020
11 mins
E767
767 - The semicolon is so much more interesting than you imagine
E767·
Apr 16, 2020
Apr 16, 2020
29 mins
E766
766 - 'Flaunt' and 'Flout.' 'Band Together.'
E766·
Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020
11 mins
E765
765 - Say No to Marshall Law. How 'Vaccine' Is Related to 'Cow.'
E765·
Apr 2, 2020
Apr 2, 2020
9 mins
E764
764 - Skeleton Crew. Hunker Down. Uncharted. Existential.
E764·
Mar 26, 2020
Mar 26, 2020
10 mins
E763
763 - How to Write Better Email. 'Pandemic' vs. 'Epidemic.' 'Canceled' vs. 'Cancelled.'
E763·
Mar 19, 2020
Mar 19, 2020
13 mins
E762
762 - How to Pronounce 'Celtic.' 'Whiskey' or 'Whisky'?
E762·
Mar 12, 2020
Mar 12, 2020
10 mins
E761
761 - Why It's Called 'Daylight Saving Time.' The Origin of the Word 'Woman.'
E761·
Mar 5, 2020
Mar 5, 2020
14 mins
E760
760 - What Is Genre. 'Bangs' Versus 'Fringe.'
E760·
Feb 27, 2020
Feb 27, 2020
11 mins
E759
759 - What Does ‛Mardi Gras’ Mean? "Drive to Work" Versus "Drive Home"
E759·
Feb 20, 2020
Feb 20, 2020
8 mins
E758
758 - Why 'XOXO' Means 'Hugs and Kisses'
E758·
Feb 13, 2020
Feb 13, 2020
6 mins
E757
757 - The days of the week are names you've known your whole life, but do you know their origin?
E757·
Feb 6, 2020
Feb 6, 2020
9 mins
E756
756 - High Odds or Low Odds?
E756·
Jan 30, 2020
Jan 30, 2020
10 mins
E755
755 - How to Write Anything
E755·
Jan 23, 2020
Jan 23, 2020
8 mins
E754
754 - The Tie Between Ann Landers and 'Could Care Less.'
E754·
Jan 16, 2020
Jan 16, 2020
8 mins
E753
753 - Take Heart! Here's Why You Still Have Time to Write Your First Novel
E753·
Jan 9, 2020
Jan 9, 2020
15 mins
E752
752 - Why Do Asian Languages Have So Many Different Scripts?
E752·
Jan 2, 2020
Jan 2, 2020
6 mins
E751
751 - Why Are There So Many Spellings for 'Hanukkah'? (Or Is That 'Chanukah'?)
E751·
Dec 26, 2019
Dec 26, 2019
7 mins
E750
750 - Pitch Black. Frankincense and Myrrh.
E750·
Dec 19, 2019
Dec 19, 2019
10 mins
E749
749 - How to Identify Your Main Point. It's Harder Than You Think!
E749·
Dec 16, 2019
Dec 16, 2019
28 mins
E748
748 - Your Language Affects Your Perception of Time. 'Star Wars' Languages.
E748·
Dec 12, 2019
Dec 12, 2019
17 mins
E747
747 - You Don't Have to Get Up on Stage for Improv to Boost Your Creativity
E747·
Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019
35 mins
E746
746 - How to Make Family Names Plural. How Come We Ask 'How Come?'
E746·
Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019
15 mins
E745
745 - 'More Than' Versus 'Over.' Is a Hamburger a Sandwich?
E745·
Dec 2, 2019
Dec 2, 2019
19 mins
E744
744 - Cold Turkey, Talk Turkey, and More. The Weird Origin of the Cornucopia.
E744·
Nov 28, 2019
Nov 28, 2019
14 mins
E743
743 - How to Get Your Characters Right (Especially When They Aren't Like You)
E743·
Nov 25, 2019
Nov 25, 2019
31 mins
E742
742 - Famous Quotations. Silent Letters.
E742·
Nov 21, 2019
Nov 21, 2019
16 mins
E741
741 - Behind the Scenes in Publishing.
E741·
Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019
21 mins
E740
740 - Do You Know When to Use Quotation Marks? Also, How to Create a House Style.
E740·
Nov 15, 2019
Nov 15, 2019
16 mins
E739
739 - The Problem with Sarcasm. Filthy Lucre.
E739·
Nov 11, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
15 mins
E738
738 - Can a Boy Raised by Wolves Learn to Speak Human Language? It Depends.
E738·
Nov 7, 2019
Nov 7, 2019
15 mins
E737
737 - Curtis Chen: Using NaNoWriMo to Kickstart Your Novel
E737·
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019
35 mins
E736
736 - Ghastly Words for Ghosts. Quid pro Quo.
E736·
Oct 31, 2019
Oct 31, 2019
17 mins
E735
735 - Dave Itzkoff on Writing a Biography of Robin Williams
E735·
Oct 28, 2019
Oct 28, 2019
35 mins
E734
734 - Ghost Words
E734·
Oct 24, 2019
Oct 24, 2019
12 mins
E733
733 - Why People Hate Words Like 'Moist'
E733·
Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019
25 mins
E732
732 - How to Write a Conclusion. ‘Rebut’ or ‘Refute’?
E732·
Oct 17, 2019
Oct 17, 2019
10 mins
E731
731 - Compound Possession. 'Friday' or 'On Friday'?
E731·
Oct 14, 2019
Oct 14, 2019
13 mins
E730
730 - Turning a Podcast into a Novel: 'The Bright Sessions' to 'The Infinite Noise'
E730·
Oct 10, 2019
Oct 10, 2019
33 mins
E729
729 - Making Words That End in Y Plural.'Primer' Pronunciation.
E729·
Oct 7, 2019
Oct 7, 2019
12 mins
E728
728 - How English Words Came Into French After World War II
E728·
Oct 3, 2019
Oct 3, 2019
18 mins
E727
727 - The Quirky Australian 'Crime' Tense. 'Hopefully.'
E727·
Sep 30, 2019
Sep 30, 2019
17 mins
E726
726 - A Cup of Joe. ‘Smokey’ and ‘Smoky.’
E726·
Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019
14 mins
E725
725 - Interviewing, Story Structure, and Writing Tools with Jonathan Small
E725·
Sep 23, 2019
Sep 23, 2019
38 mins
E724
724 - Why Esperanto Is an Amazing Language. 'Fall' or 'Autumn'?
E724·
Sep 19, 2019
Sep 19, 2019
13 mins
E723
723 - Grammar Girl #723. Tips for Fact Checking. Why We Use the Term 'Watershed Moment.'
E723·
Sep 16, 2019
Sep 16, 2019
13 mins
E722
722 - 'Math' or 'Maths'? Irregular Verbs.
E722·
Sep 12, 2019
Sep 12, 2019
16 mins
E721
721 - Verbing Nouns. 'It Is I' or 'It Is Me'?
E721·
Sep 9, 2019
Sep 9, 2019
14 mins
E720
720 - Getting Your Tricky Conditionals Right. Wheelhouse.
E720·
Sep 5, 2019
Sep 5, 2019
17 mins
E719
719 - Why 'Literally' Doesn't Mean 'Literally' Anymore. Video Games for Language Learning.
E719·
Sep 2, 2019
Sep 2, 2019
18 mins
E718
718 - Writing Scripts and Speeches. Ask and Aks.
E718·
Aug 29, 2019
Aug 29, 2019
16 mins
E717
717 - Words that Sound Funny
E717·
Aug 26, 2019
Aug 26, 2019
14 mins
E716
716 - What's Up With Words That Are Spelled the Same but Sound Different?
E716·
Aug 23, 2019
Aug 23, 2019
13 mins
E715
715 - POV. Plus 'Tinderella,' 'phubbing,' and more words at the intersection of relationships and technology.
E715·
Aug 19, 2019
Aug 19, 2019
16 mins
E714
714 - Eponyms: Cardigan, Dunce, Quisling, and More.
E714·
Aug 16, 2019
Aug 16, 2019
18 mins
E713
713 - More Apostrophe Mayhem. Dyslexia Writing Tips
E713·
Aug 12, 2019
Aug 12, 2019
18 mins
E712
712 - Apostrophe Catastrophe. What (or Who) Is a Cipher?
E712·
Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019
17 mins
E711
711 - Misheard Song Lyrics and Eggcorns. The Ampersand.
E711·
Aug 5, 2019
Aug 5, 2019
25 mins
E710
710 - Vacay. Why Some People Call Green Peppers 'Mangoes'
E710·
Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019
14 mins
E709
709 - Surprise! The History of Semicolons Is Exciting.
E709·
Jul 29, 2019
Jul 29, 2019
31 mins
E708
708 - Why Alcohol Is 'Hard.' 'Phenomena' or 'Phenomenon'?
E708·
Jul 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019
14 mins
E707
707 - How and Why the Internet Is Changing Language
E707·
Jul 22, 2019
Jul 22, 2019
32 mins
E706
706 - Sometimes It's Not a Bad Idea to Dumb Down Your Language.
E706·
Jul 18, 2019
Jul 18, 2019
12 mins
E705
705 - 'Blue Collar,' 'Bluestocking,' and 'the Blue Hair Brigade.' 'Oral' Versus 'Verbal.'
E705·
Jul 16, 2019
Jul 16, 2019
14 mins
E704
704 - Present Tense When Writing About Fiction. The Poop Emoji and Eggcorns.
E704·
Jul 11, 2019
Jul 11, 2019
10 mins
E703
703 - Why There Are 9 Different Ways to Pronounce the Letter T
E703·
Jul 8, 2019
Jul 8, 2019
25 mins
E702
702 - ‘All of a Sudden’ or ‘All of the Sudden’? ‘Baited’ or ‘Bated’ Breath?
E702·
Jul 4, 2019
Jul 4, 2019
10 mins
E701
701 - ‘Biweekly’ or ‘Semiweekly’? ‘Foward' and ‘Forward.’
E701·
Jul 1, 2019
Jul 1, 2019
11 mins
E700
700 - When to Capitalize 'Google.' Why Zero is 'Love' in Tennis.
E700·
Jun 27, 2019
Jun 27, 2019
11 mins
E699
699 - When to Capitalize Computer Terms. StetWalk
E699·
Jun 24, 2019
Jun 24, 2019
8 mins
E698
698 - 'Subpoena.' When To Capitalize 'The' in Titles.
E698·
Jun 20, 2019
Jun 20, 2019
6 mins
E697
697 - What Anyone Can Learn From the College Essay Process
E697·
Jun 17, 2019
Jun 17, 2019
28 mins
E696
696 - Hyphens in Ages. The Emphatic 'This.'
E696·
Jun 13, 2019
Jun 13, 2019
8 mins
E695
695 - 'Armageddon' or 'Apocalypse'? Numbers in Dialogue.
E695·
Jun 10, 2019
Jun 10, 2019
13 mins
E694
694 - Country Names and “The”: The Ukraine or Ukraine. Theater Idioms.
E694·
Jun 6, 2019
Jun 6, 2019
16 mins
E693
693 - What's Wrong with Saying Something Is 'Very Unique'?
E693·
Jun 4, 2019
Jun 4, 2019
19 mins
E692
692 - Godzilla, Cryptids, and Dilemma Comments.
E692·
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
11 mins
E691
691 - BONUS: Introducing Science Rules! with Bill Nye
E691·
May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019
2 mins
E690
690 - The Spelling Bee Kids
E690·
May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019
22 mins
E689
689 - More or most? Majority or plurality? The many (how many?) ways to describe amounts.
E689·
May 20, 2019
May 20, 2019
8 mins
E688
688 - Dangling Participles
E688·
May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019
9 mins
E687
687 - What It's Like to Be a Book Editor and Translator
E687·
May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019
17 mins
E686
686 - The 'Dilemma' Dilemma. 'Big Bang Theory" Words and Language.
E686·
May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019
16 mins
E685
685 - How to Find Work as a Freelance Writer. Adventure.
E685·
May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019
18 mins
E684
684 - ‘Unquote’ or ‘End Quote’? Cinco de Mayo. Horse Idioms.
E684·
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019
14 mins
E683
683 - ‘So’ and ‘So That’: What Type of Conjunction Are They?
E683·
Apr 29, 2019
Apr 29, 2019
24 mins
E682
682 - Do You Drop Your T's? 'Sneaked' and 'Snuck.'
E682·
Apr 25, 2019
Apr 25, 2019
17 mins
E681
681 - 'The Dictionary of Difficult Words,' an Interview with Jane Solomon
E681·
Apr 22, 2019
Apr 22, 2019
35 mins
E680
680 - Wakandan, Groot, and Other Languages of the Marvel Universe. Easter and Passover.
E680·
Apr 18, 2019
Apr 18, 2019
16 mins
E679
679 - Brussels sprouts? Scotch eggs? Swedish meatballs? Which food names can you trust?
E679·
Apr 15, 2019
Apr 15, 2019
16 mins
E678
678 - Moolah, Clams, and Scratch. God, Godsend, and Godfather.
E678·
Apr 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
18 mins
E676
676 - The Language of 'Game of Thrones'
E676·
Apr 4, 2019
Apr 4, 2019
13 mins
E675
675 - Why Verbs Like 'Witness' Are Weird
E675·
Apr 1, 2019
Apr 1, 2019
18 mins
E674
674 - How You Can Benefit Year-Round from NaNoWriMo
E674·
Mar 28, 2019
Mar 28, 2019
20 mins
E673
673 - Schwa-ify This! Scrabble Stories
E673·
Mar 25, 2019
Mar 25, 2019
16 mins
E672
672 - How a Semicolon Brought Two Writers Together
E672·
Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019
23 mins
E671
671 - Why We Have Both 'Color' and 'Colour'
E671·
Mar 18, 2019
Mar 18, 2019
7 mins
E670
670 - Equinox. Is Irish the Same as Gaelic?
E670·
Mar 14, 2019
Mar 14, 2019
16 mins
E669
669 - 'Red Tape,' 'Red Herring,' 'Paint the Town Red,' and More 'Red' Idioms.
E669·
Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019
12 mins
E668
668 - What's Wrong with 'These Ones'? Faith and Begorrah, We Have Irish Phrases for St. Patrick's Day!
E668·
Mar 7, 2019
Mar 7, 2019
14 mins
E667
667 - Why ducks say "quack-quack" in English but "ga-ga" in Japanese.
E667·
Mar 4, 2019
Mar 4, 2019
9 mins
E666
666 - Double Negatives.
E666·
Feb 28, 2019
Feb 28, 2019
11 mins
E665
665 - Language News Chat
E665·
Feb 25, 2019
Feb 25, 2019
35 mins
E664
664 - Benjamin Dreyer and His Unusual Pet Peeves
E664·
Feb 21, 2019
Feb 21, 2019
38 mins
E663
663 - D-Day. Why I Want a Salad-Salad.
E663·
Feb 18, 2019
Feb 18, 2019
14 mins
E662
662 - 'Racket' or 'Racquet'? Never Misspell 'Bureaucracy' Again.
E662·
Feb 14, 2019
Feb 14, 2019
18 mins
E661
661 - How Paula Brackston picks her characters’ names and uses language to set a tone.
E661·
Feb 11, 2019
Feb 11, 2019
23 mins
E660
660 - 'Irregardless' or 'Regardless'? Crime Words.
E660·
Feb 7, 2019
Feb 7, 2019
18 mins
E659
659 - Normans, Ralls, and Voicemail
E659·
Feb 4, 2019
Feb 4, 2019
3 mins
E658
658 - 'Wage,' 'Wager,' and 'Wed'
E658·
Jan 31, 2019
Jan 31, 2019
15 mins
E657
657 - 'Tip of the Hat" or 'Tip Your Hand'? 'Yeah No.'
E657·
Jan 24, 2019
Jan 24, 2019
19 mins
E656
656 - ‘Relapse’ or ‘Recur’? 'Kneeled' or 'Knelt.' ’Methinks.’
E656·
Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019
13 mins
E655
655 - ‘Myriad’ or ‘Myriad Of’? What Is a Run-On Sentence?
E655·
Jan 10, 2019
Jan 10, 2019
13 mins
E654
654 - 'Stint' or 'Stent'? How to Pronounce 'Coyote.'
E654·
Jan 3, 2019
Jan 3, 2019
17 mins
E653
653 - How to Use an Asterisk. Journaling.
E653·
Dec 27, 2018
Dec 27, 2018
12 mins
E652
652 - ‘Purposely' or 'Purposefully'? Yule.
E652·
Dec 20, 2018
Dec 20, 2018
12 mins
E651
651 - 'Capitulate' or 'Recapitulate'? Colons.
E651·
Dec 13, 2018
Dec 13, 2018
12 mins
E650
650 - 'Wreaked' or 'Wrought'? 'Crescendo.' Could We Understand Aliens?
E650·
Dec 6, 2018
Dec 6, 2018
15 mins
E649
649 - 'Ado' or 'Adieu'? Pronouns and Antecedents
E649·
Nov 29, 2018
Nov 29, 2018
15 mins
E648
648 - Does Your Language Influence How You Think?
E648·
Nov 22, 2018
Nov 22, 2018
24 mins
E647
647 - Pronoun Order. ‘Flier’ or ‘Flyer.’ The Plural of ‘Mouse.’
E647·
Nov 15, 2018
Nov 15, 2018
13 mins
E646
646 - 'Blond' or 'Blonde'? How 'Trolloping' Became a Word.
E646·
Nov 8, 2018
Nov 8, 2018
16 mins
E645
645 - Interview with New York Times bestselling author Courtney Summers
E645·
Nov 1, 2018
Nov 1, 2018
17 mins
E644
644 - 'Sit' or 'Set'? Monster Names.
E644·
Oct 25, 2018
Oct 25, 2018
9 mins
E643
643 - ‘In the Limelight.’ ‘A’ or ‘An’?
E643·
Oct 18, 2018
Oct 18, 2018
14 mins
E642
642 - 'Regard' Versus 'Regards.' Languages Without Numbers.
E642·
Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
15 mins
E641
641 - 'Myself.' ‘Get the Skinny.’
E641·
Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018
17 mins
E640
640 - Can a Screw Screw Itself into a Board? (Middle Voice)
E640·
Sep 27, 2018
Sep 27, 2018
19 mins
E639
639 - Great Paragraphs. Falling off the Turnip Truck.
E639·
Sep 20, 2018
Sep 20, 2018
10 mins
E638
638 - 'None.' How Pirates Talked.
E638·
Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018
12 mins
E637
637 - ‘MacGyver.’ ‘Semicolons.’
E637·
Sep 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018
10 mins
E636
636 - 'To Boot.' Duck Tape. 'Can' and 'May.' Pronouns.
E636·
Aug 30, 2018
Aug 30, 2018
16 mins
E635
635 - 'Quick and Dirty.' 'Momentarily.' Short Subjects.
E635·
Aug 24, 2018
Aug 24, 2018
13 mins
E634
634 - 'Rack' or 'Wrack'? How to Eliminate Adverbs.
E634·
Aug 16, 2018
Aug 16, 2018
9 mins
BONUS: Words for Color
Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018
11 mins
E633
633 - Is That Comment Facetious, Sarcastic, or Sardonic? Cleft Sentences.
E633·
Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018
15 mins
E632
632 - 'Ask' as a Noun. Ships as 'She.'
E632·
Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018
13 mins
E631
631 - Anniversaries. Conversate.
E631·
Jul 26, 2018
Jul 26, 2018
15 mins
E630
630 - Who Wrote the ABC Song? Shark Idioms!
E630·
Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018
13 mins
E629
629 - 'Gourmet' or 'Gourmand'? Why July 14 Is Called Bastille Day.
E629·
Jul 12, 2018
Jul 12, 2018
13 mins
E628
628 - Why 'Bag' and 'Beg' Sound the same to some people? Does 'Texas' Mean 'Crazy'?
E628·
Jul 5, 2018
Jul 5, 2018
14 mins
E627
627 - How to Write a Great Cover Letter. 'Kinda' and 'Wanna': Real Words or Not?
E627·
Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018
13 mins
E626
626 - ‘Aggravate’ Versus ‘Irritate’ What Is a Functional Shift?
E626·
Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018
10 mins
E625
625 - ‘Dinner’ or ‘Supper’? How to Write a Thank-You Note
E625·
Jun 14, 2018
Jun 14, 2018
15 mins
E624
624 - ‘Trooper’ and ‘Trouper.” Why Is It Called a Spelling Bee?
E624·
Jun 7, 2018
Jun 7, 2018
12 mins
E623
623 - 'Calvary' or 'Cavalry'? Spelling Bee Interview.
E623·
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
20 mins
E622
622 - Is a Troop One Person or a Group? Repetition
E622·
May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018
15 mins
E621
621 - ‘Council’ or ‘Counsel’? Direct and Indirect Quotations. Oxymorons.
E621·
May 17, 2018
May 17, 2018
11 mins
E620
620 - When to Capitalize 'Mom.' In the Doldrums.
E620·
May 10, 2018
May 10, 2018
16 mins
E619
619 - Co-worker. Barefaced and Baldfaced Lies. Mixed Metaphors.
E619·
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018
13 mins
E618
618 - Jazz and Thunder. Say Your Piece (or Peace)?
E618·
Apr 26, 2018
Apr 26, 2018
13 mins
E617
617 - 'Lay' and 'Lie.' 'Grill' and 'Grille.' 'Warsh.'
E617·
Apr 19, 2018
Apr 19, 2018
12 mins
E616
616 - The Prodigal Tongue. Odoriferous. Battle Royale.
E616·
Apr 12, 2018
Apr 12, 2018
20 mins
E615
615 - Humor with Adverbs. Noisome. Receipts. Case Quarters.
E615·
Apr 5, 2018
Apr 5, 2018
18 mins
E614
614 - Illeism. Named For or After? Misinformation and Disinformation.
E614·
Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018
16 mins
E613
613 - Dictionary.com Starts Defining Emoji (an interview with Jane Solomon)
E613·
Mar 22, 2018
Mar 22, 2018
29 mins
E612
612 - The Pin/Pen Merger. American. 'Half-Staff' or 'Half-Mast'?
E612·
Mar 16, 2018
Mar 16, 2018
20 mins
E611
611 - Pudding. "There Are" Sentences. Winning Limerick
E611·
Mar 8, 2018
Mar 8, 2018
13 mins
E610
610 - Top 10 Grammar Myths. How 13 Dog Breeds Got Their Names.
E610·
Mar 2, 2018
Mar 2, 2018
14 mins
E609
609 - Pull Idioms. Surprising Food Names. Dillydally.
E609·
Feb 22, 2018
Feb 22, 2018
13 mins
E608
608 - Dilly Dilly. How Many Prepositions Can You Put in a Row?
E608·
Feb 15, 2018
Feb 15, 2018
15 mins
E607
607 - Brainstorming. Call Out Sick? Synesis.
E607·
Feb 8, 2018
Feb 8, 2018
14 mins
E606
606 - Levidromes, Tom Swifty Jokes, and new OED Words.
E606·
Feb 1, 2018
Feb 1, 2018
13 mins
E605
605 - A Homophone Error at the SAG Awards. Lectern or Podium? Capitalizing Award Names
E605·
Jan 25, 2018
Jan 25, 2018
13 mins
BONUS: Introducing Launch
Jan 22, 2018
Jan 22, 2018
14 mins
E604
604 - Origin of 'Gerrymandering.' Is 'Data' Singular or Plural?
E604·
Jan 18, 2018
Jan 18, 2018
11 mins
E603
603 - Words of the Year, Why You Shouldn't Use 'Eskimo,' 'Canon' or 'Cannon'?
E603·
Jan 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018
15 mins
E601
601 - 'Based In' or 'Based Out Of.' Omitting 'That'
E601·
Dec 28, 2017
Dec 28, 2017
17 mins
E600
600 - How to Pronounce 'Caramel.' Sports Idioms
E600·
Dec 21, 2017
Dec 21, 2017
11 mins
E599
599 - Delicious English Words (Chocolate, Guacamole) with Aztec Roots
E599·
Dec 14, 2017
Dec 14, 2017
10 mins
E598
598 - Gifting and Regifting. Take a Decision.
E598·
Dec 8, 2017
Dec 8, 2017
11 mins
E597
597 - Eskimo Words for Snow. Write a Book!
E597·
Nov 30, 2017
Nov 30, 2017
18 mins
E595
595 - 'Side' Words. What Is a Bailiwick?
E595·
Nov 16, 2017
Nov 16, 2017
12 mins
E594
594 - The Plural of 'Batman.' Why Smart People Struggle with Shakespeare Too.
E594·
Nov 9, 2017
Nov 9, 2017
18 mins
E593
593 - The Origin of English: Proto-Indo-European.
E593·
Nov 2, 2017
Nov 2, 2017
18 mins
E592
592 - "Sofa" or "Couch"? "Skeleton" Idioms.
E592·
Oct 26, 2017
Oct 26, 2017
14 mins
E591
591 - 'Cannot' or 'Can Not'? 'Dead' Idioms.
E591·
Oct 19, 2017
Oct 19, 2017
14 mins
E590
590 - How to Write an Apology
E590·
Oct 12, 2017
Oct 12, 2017
10 mins
E589
589 - The "Ruth's Chris" Apostrophe. Thingamajigs.
E589·
Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017
13 mins
E588
588 - Why People Mimic Accents. Why People "Have Your Six."
E588·
Sep 28, 2017
Sep 28, 2017
13 mins
E587
587 - More British & American Differences. Quotation Marks with Periods and Commas
E587·
Sep 21, 2017
Sep 21, 2017
13 mins
E586
586 - UK and US English. 'Bad' or 'Badly'?
E586·
Sep 15, 2017
Sep 15, 2017
17 mins
E585
585 GG. Rainy Idioms. "Because," "Due To," "Since," and "As"
E585·
Sep 7, 2017
Sep 7, 2017
14 mins
E584
584 GG. Pipe Dream. Comma Before a Quotation.
E584·
Sep 1, 2017
Sep 1, 2017
13 mins
E583
583 GG Important or Importantly? Time Traveler Words
E583·
Aug 25, 2017
Aug 25, 2017
7 mins
E582
582 GG. How to Use Quotations. Stop Calling Yourself a Grammar Nazi
E582·
Aug 17, 2017
Aug 17, 2017
14 mins
E581
581 GG. Riffle and Rifle. Worcestershire Sauce.
E581·
Aug 10, 2017
Aug 10, 2017
10 mins
E580
580 GG. Introductory Paragraphs. One of The...
E580·
Aug 3, 2017
Aug 3, 2017
15 mins
E579
579 GG Language Games. Jerry-Built. And Female Juniors
E579·
Jul 27, 2017
Jul 27, 2017
9 mins
E578
578 GG Words from Obsolete Technology
E578·
Jul 20, 2017
Jul 20, 2017
9 mins
E577
577 GG The Trump Jr. Punctuation Kerfuffle. Generation Names.
E577·
Jul 13, 2017
Jul 13, 2017
12 mins
E576
576 GG Critique or Criticize? Games Like Pig Latin
E576·
Jul 6, 2017
Jul 6, 2017
12 mins
E575
575 GG Gestures. Elbow Grease. Capitalizing Directions.
E575·
Jun 29, 2017
Jun 29, 2017
16 mins
E574
574 GG Commas with Transition Words. Double Whammy.
E574·
Jun 22, 2017
Jun 22, 2017
6 mins
E573
573 GG Until, Till, and 'Til. Dad Jokes.
E573·
Jun 15, 2017
Jun 15, 2017
14 mins
E572
572 GG Themself. Comma Splices.
E572·
Jun 8, 2017
Jun 8, 2017
14 mins
E571
571 GG Lego or Legos? Why English Spelling Reform Is Doomed.
E571·
Jun 1, 2017
Jun 1, 2017
26 mins
E570
570 GG Burned or Burnt? Why English Spelling Is a Mess.
E570·
May 26, 2017
May 26, 2017
14 mins
E569
569 GG. Explain vs. Explanation. How to Outline.
E569·
May 18, 2017
May 18, 2017
12 mins
E568
568 GG. In or Among. Weird Words.
E568·
May 12, 2017
May 12, 2017
11 mins
E567
567 Is Pig Latin a Real Language?
E567·
May 4, 2017
May 4, 2017
14 mins
E566
566 GG. Off Your Feed. Animal Language.
E566·
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 27, 2017
21 mins
E565
565 GG. Solving Crimes with Language. Apple, Podcasts, and Prepositions.
E565·
Apr 20, 2017
Apr 20, 2017
11 mins
E564
564 GG. Preposition or Adverb?
E564·
Apr 13, 2017
Apr 13, 2017
17 mins
E563
563 GG Singular 'They'
E563·
Apr 7, 2017
Apr 7, 2017
12 mins
E562
562 GG AP Style and Chicago Manual of Style Updates
E562·
Mar 31, 2017
Mar 31, 2017
15 mins
E561
561 GG $10 Million Comma. Ambiguous Sentences. Tribute to Bill Walsh
E561·
Mar 23, 2017
Mar 23, 2017
13 mins
E560
560 GG Devil's Advocate. 3 Tips for Creating Sentences with Punch
E560·
Mar 16, 2017
Mar 16, 2017
12 mins
E559
559 GG. Abbreviations. And Then the Murders Began. Runcible. Haiku.
E559·
Mar 10, 2017
Mar 10, 2017
11 mins
E558
558 GG How to Write Good Survey Questions
E558·
Mar 3, 2017
Mar 3, 2017
14 mins
E557
557 GG Double Dactyl Poetry
E557·
Feb 23, 2017
Feb 23, 2017
14 mins
E556
556 GG Tumult. Bull in a China Shop. Always, Never, Usually, Often, Most, and More
E556·
Feb 16, 2017
Feb 16, 2017
10 mins
E555
555 GG. Toe/Tow the Line. Pled or Pleaded. Animal Idioms.
E555·
Feb 9, 2017
Feb 9, 2017
12 mins
E554
554 GG 'Reticent' or 'Reluctant.' Which' or 'That.'
E554·
Feb 2, 2017
Feb 2, 2017
10 mins
E553
553 GG Not Only, But Also. Leave in the Lurch. Month Names.
E553·
Jan 27, 2017
Jan 27, 2017
12 mins
E551
551 Capital vs Capitol. Citing Podcasts and Websites
E551·
Jan 19, 2017
Jan 19, 2017
11 mins
E551
551 GG. Words of the Year. Writing Tips.
E551·
Jan 12, 2017
Jan 12, 2017
15 mins
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550 GG Enormity or Enormousness? Badminton
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549 GG Hone/Home In. Apostrophes.
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548 GG. What Makes Good Stories.
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547 GG 'A While' or 'Awhile'? Writing Dialogue
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546 GG Anxious/Eager. If Not.
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16 mins
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545 GG Read the Riot Act. The Changing English Language.
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14 mins
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544 GG. Pilgrim Names. Pronouncing Foreign Words
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543 GG. By the Wayside. How to Pronounce 'Biopic'
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542 GG. 'Aloud' or "Out Loud'? Strong Voice
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541 GG Before or Prior To? Foreign Language Syndrome
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540 GG. Cemetery or Graveyard? Peer Editing. To Calendar.
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539 GG Capitalizing Job Titles. I.e. Versus E.g. Sentence Diagramming
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538 Alumni. Words from Bookmaking. Beyond the Pale
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537 GG "Further" Versus "Farther." Horse's Mouth
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536 GG Hit the Bestseller List: How to Style Your Words Like a Bestselling Author
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535 GG Anyways or Anyway? Topic Sentences
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534 GG. Bridget Jones. Pay Dirt. Dashes.
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533 GG. Etc. Short Shrift. Prepositions
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532 GG Loose or Lose. You Wazzock.
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531 GG Writing Dual POVs. Space Operas and Soap Operas.
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530 GG Whom. Preorder. Badger, Weasel, Ferret.
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529 GG Latin Words. Batten Down the Hatches
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528 GG Adjectives. Logical Fallacies
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527 GG 'Lit' or 'Lighted.' Why Some Words Become Homophones
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526 GG Types of Third Person Point of View. Flammable and Inflammable
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525 GG Food Idioms. 'Affective' or 'Effective'
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524 - Affect Versus Effect. How to Pronounce The
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523 GG Sightseeing. On Accident Versus by Accident
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522 GG Hearty or Hardy? How English Became English. Jury-Rigged.
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521 GG Is Funnest a Word? How to Pronounce Adirondack.
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520 GG Band Names. Woman or Female?
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519 GG RBIs. Principal and Principle. Run of the Mill
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518 GG Are You Interurban? Vonnegut's Famous Semicolon Quotation Was Taken Out of Context. Off the Cuff.
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517 GG Why Do We Call It Commencement? When to Delete "It"
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10 mins
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516 GG Celsius Versus Centigrade. 'Between' Versus 'Among'
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515 GG Home vs. Away? How to Make Product Names Plural
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514 GG Brouhaha. New Words. One Fell Swoop.
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513 GG North or Northbound. Subjunctive Verbs.
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512 GG Titled or Entitled? AP Style Updates. Into Thin Air.
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511 GG Pronouncing Pulitzer. Navajo Codes in WWII
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509 GG Charlie Chaplin Grammar. S-Backing.
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508 GG. Haiku Winners. Great Story Ideas
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507 Patty or Paddy? Needs Washed
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506 GG Subordinate Clause Examples
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505 GG Maudlin. Vocabulary Words
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504 GG Shined or Shone? Idioms About Tea
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503 GG What Is a Canard?
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502 GG. Straw Man. Wicked.
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501 GG Word Families. Caucus
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500 GG Redundancy. Letters of Recommendation.
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499 GG Current or Currant? Singular They
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498 GG A Joke About a Mongoose. Writing Dates.
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497 GG Should You Capitalize 'the Force' from Star Wars?
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496 GG Plural of Hippopotamus
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495 GG Pair. Misusing “So” and “Very.” Even Keel
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494 GG Pair. Forensic Linguistics. In Cold Blood
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493 GG Hoofs or Hooves? Color Phrases
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492. GG. Blue. Kith and Kin
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490 GG Formatting URLs in Text
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489 GG Dialogue Tags. Writing Fight Scenes. NaNoWriMo
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488 GG Hallowe'en. Apostrophes. The Garden Path
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487 GG Wolf or Woof. Interrobang. Riding Roughshod
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486 - Suffragette. Ginormous
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485 GG Firstly. Exclamation Points. Leeway.
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13 mins
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484 GG Mantel or Mantle? Bulleted Lists
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483 GG Sort, Kind, or Type? Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms
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482 GG Amused or Bemused. Being Bilingual. Positive Anymore.
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481 GG And/Or. That Should Be a Word.
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480 GG Matriculate. Diminutives. Crocodile or Alligator?
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479 GG Scrabble in Different Parts of the World
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478 GG Why English Has Silent Letters
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20 mins
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477 GG Scrabble Extravaganza
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476 GG Zero Percent, Prefixes and Suffixes, Malapropisms
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E281
281 How Do Words Get in the Dictionary?
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475 GG How a Comma Can Get You out of a Parking Ticket
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474 GG Flesh Out. Last Names. Hat Trick.
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16 mins
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473 GG How Understanding Toy Story Can Help You Get into College
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14 mins
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472 GG Citizen or Resident? Let's and Let Us. Newfangled.
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471 GG Size versus Sized. When Is It OK to Be Redundant? Mind Your P’s and Q’s.
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13 mins
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470 GG Prepositions in Shakespeare
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469 GG Kudos. Crossword Puzzles. Squad Goals. June 4, 2015.
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468 GG Congratulations. Food Names That Come From Countries…or Not. Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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467 GG Deep Seeded or Deep Seated?, Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language, Japanese Words in English
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466 GG Healthy Versus Healthful. The Best SAT Essay Ever. Fast and Loose
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465 GG Two Spaces After a Period?
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464 GG Weird Conditionals
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Apr 30, 2015
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463 GG Most or Almost. Parallel Structure. Follow Suit
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462 GG Everyday. Ain't. Eponyms
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461 GG Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
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105 Yoda Grammar (Reissue)
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E460
460 GG Global English: Prepone, Do the Needful, and More
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459 GG Subject-Verb Agreement
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458 GG Can You Process These Tricky, but Grammatical, Sentences?
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456 GG Is Starting a Sentence With So Condescending?
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455 GG Why Do We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways?
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454 GG Splitting Infinitives
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453 GG Less Versus Fewer
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452 GG Why People Misuse Prepositions
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451 GG Impossible Participals
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450 GG Is Sign Language Universal?
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449 GG Double Possessives
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448 GG How Our Brains Process Hyperbole
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446 GG Why Don't People Say "Thou" Anymore
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445 GG Why Do People Say "Like" All the Time?
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444 GG Between You and Me
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442 GG Make Me a Sandwich
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441 GG Mic or Mike? Simple or Simplistic? Uppercase and Lowercase
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440 GG How to Plan a Novel
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439 GG Texting, Coffins, and Death
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438 GG Why Do People Say Punctuation Out Loud?
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437 GG What’s the difference between England, Great Britain, and the UK?
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436 GG Why People Have Always Been Confused About Apostrophes
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435 GG We Might Could Harvest the Corn
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434 GG Ya Shank: The Made-Up Swear Words of 'The Maze Runner'
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433 GG Why People Mix Up the Pronouns "Me" and "I"
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431 GG Words That Aren't Words
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430 GG The Plural of Money. This Is Your Brain on Writing. Egregious
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429 GG How to Use the Conjunction “Nor”
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428 GG Crash Blossoms
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427 GG 7 French Food-Related Words That Became English
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426 GG A Language Lover's Trip to England
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425 GG Why Weird Al's Word Crimes Video Made Me Want to Quit
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424GG There's Something Weird About "For," "Yet," and "So"
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423 GG Is the Semicolon in TL;DR Ironic?
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422GG Manipulating Words to Make Things Funny
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421 - Part II: Why Do People Say 'A-Whole-Nother'?
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420 - Why 'A-Whole-Nother' Isn’t Like 'Ala-Frickin’-Bama' and 'Hizzouse'
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419 - Using Stick Figures to Understand First, Second, and Third Person
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417 - An Unparalleled Letdown
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416GG How to Kick Your Annoying Preposition Habit
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415 - Commas Are Like People on the Subway
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414 - Luisa Zissman's Missing Apostrophe
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413 - Words Invented by Shakespeare
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412 - Can I Help Who's Next?
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411 - Addictive Versus Addicting
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410GG Just Because
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408 - Why We Don't End Sentences With "You're"
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407GG Why Canadians Don't Really Say "Aboot"
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406GG Begging the Question
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405 - Is Cash Money a Regional Expression?
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404 - Why "Substitute" Is Weird
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403 - Preventative and Orientate
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402 - Little Bunny Foo Foo
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401 - How Clipping Creates New Words
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400 - How Reading Tickles Your Neurons
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399 - Your Brain on Fiction
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071 Units Of Measure
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398GG Why Some Band Names Take "The" and Some Don't
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397 - Secrets of Bestselling Novels
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396 GG Tenterhooks or Tenderhooks?
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192 Do I Hate Your Singing or You Singing?
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395 GG How to Use Quotation Marks
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394GG Hashtag Rap
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393 GG Nonsense Syllables
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392 GG Orangehead
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251 - What Is a Gerund?
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391 GG Scrabble Words
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390 - Passive Voice
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389 GG English Plurals: Wugs and Blicks
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388 GG Style Sheets
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387 GG "Because" as a Preposition
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386 - Negation in Night Vale
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117 - Biweekly Versus Semiweekly
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385 - Irony
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384 - Homophones
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383 GG Could Care Less
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50 GG Like Versus As
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381 GG Prepositions
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380 GG Participles and Gerunds
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379 GG Apostrophes in Science Fiction and Fantasy Names
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378 GG Apostrophes and Plurals
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377 GG Royal "We"
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376 GG Why Do We Have Both A and An?
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375 GG What Is It Called When You Mishear Song Lyrics?
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374 GG Rebracketing
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372 GG Retronyms
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371 GG Commma Splice
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370 GG Why Isn't "Gruntled" A Word?
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369 GG Why Does "I" Take Plural Verbs?
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368 GG Hyphens
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367 GG The Old Editor Says
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366 GG How Texting Is Changing English
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285 GG "Moot" Versus "Mute"
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365 GG The Language of Crime
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364 GG Why Would Anyone Use "The Chicago Manual of Style"?
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363 GG Writing Flashbacks
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362 GG Why Are Some Portmanteaus So Awful?
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361 GG Is That a Wool Sweater or a Woolen Sweater?
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051 GG I'm Good
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359 GG Do You Tell People to Pound Sand or Pound Salt?
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358 GG "Only": The Most Insidious Misplaced Modifier
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357 GG Why the Plural of "Die" Is "Dice," not "Douse."
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356 GG Where Do I Use Commas?
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355 GG Subject Object
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353 GG Can Apple Get Away with "Funness"?
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352 GG How to Create and Use Figures of Speech Pt.1
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351 GG Pronouns: Is a Company a "Who" or a "That"?
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350 GG "Who" Versus "That"
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349 GG A Word Lover's Highlights of 2012
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348 GG How Webster's Screwed Up
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347 GG How to Use a Hyphen
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346 GG Tuxedo Verbs
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342 GG Writing for Dyslexic Readers
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341 GG Google Ngram and "Impact" as a Verb
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151 GG Just Say No to Drugs
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142 GG When Are Double Words OK?
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334 GG Using Present Tense in a Story About the Past
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333 GG When Is W a Vowel
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332 GG How Do You Tell If Something Is True?
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331 GG "Pet" or "Petted"? Troublesome Past Tenses
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Aug 3, 2012
Aug 3, 2012
6 mins
E330
330 GG The Rules of Story
E330·
Jul 27, 2012
Jul 27, 2012
10 mins
E329
329 GG "Versus"
E329·
Jul 20, 2012
Jul 20, 2012
6 mins
E328
328 GG "Decimate" and "All Right"
E328·
Jul 13, 2012
Jul 13, 2012
5 mins
E327
327 GG "Dilemma" and "Gone Missing"
E327·
Jul 6, 2012
Jul 6, 2012
4 mins
E326
326 GG "Jealousy" Versus "Envy"
E326·
Jun 29, 2012
Jun 29, 2012
3 mins
E325
325 GG So You Think You Can Edit?
E325·
Jun 22, 2012
Jun 22, 2012
6 mins
E324
324 GG When Bad Grammar Means Good Fiction
E324·
Jun 8, 2012
Jun 8, 2012
5 mins
E323
323 GG How to Write Numbers
E323·
Jun 1, 2012
Jun 1, 2012
6 mins
E320
320 GG You Have No Idea How Weird "Do" Is
E320·
May 4, 2012
May 4, 2012
6 mins
E318
318 GG Dashes, Colons, and Commas
E318·
Apr 20, 2012
Apr 20, 2012
4 mins
E317
317 GG What Does "Proper English" Mean?
E317·
Apr 13, 2012
Apr 13, 2012
10 mins
E316
316 GG Sentence Fragments
E316·
Apr 6, 2012
Apr 6, 2012
5 mins
E315
315 GG Possessives
E315·
Mar 30, 2012
Mar 30, 2012
7 mins
E314
314 GG Mary Sue
E314·
Mar 23, 2012
Mar 23, 2012
5 mins
E312
312 GG This NGD story is "all right."
E312·
Mar 2, 2012
Mar 2, 2012
5 mins
E309
309 GG Why Do Kids Say "Versing"?
E309·
Feb 17, 2012
Feb 17, 2012
6 mins
E308
308 GG Should We Abandon Standard Spelling?
E308·
Feb 10, 2012
Feb 10, 2012
7 mins
E310
310 GG Stationary, Stationery, Complement, and Compliment
E310·
Feb 3, 2012
Feb 3, 2012
2 mins
E111
111 GG Everybody Wants Some
E111·
Jan 27, 2012
Jan 27, 2012
6 mins
E306
306 GG "The Night Circus": Well Done Second Person Narrative
E306·
Jan 13, 2012
Jan 13, 2012
7 mins
E305
305 GG Where Did the @ Symbol Come From?
E305·
Jan 6, 2012
Jan 6, 2012
5 mins
E304
304 GG Should You Point Out Errors?
E304·
Dec 30, 2011
Dec 30, 2011
5 mins
E30
030 GG Sentence Fragments
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Dec 23, 2011
Dec 23, 2011
5 mins
E200
200 "Who" Versus "Whom," Advanced
E200·
Dec 11, 2011
Dec 11, 2011
5 mins
E302
302 GG Passive Voice
E302·
Dec 9, 2011
Dec 9, 2011
5 mins
E301
301 GG Active Voice
E301·
Dec 2, 2011
Dec 2, 2011
7 mins
E300
300 GG Christmas Carol Grammar
E300·
Nov 25, 2011
Nov 25, 2011
6 mins
E299
299 GG Ten Tips to Banish Typos
E299·
Nov 18, 2011
Nov 18, 2011
6 mins
E298
298 GG Color Your Readers' Imagination with Words
E298·
Nov 4, 2011
Nov 4, 2011
7 mins
E297
297 GG How to Search a Corpus
E297·
Oct 28, 2011
Oct 28, 2011
7 mins
E29
029 GG "They" as a Singular Pronoun
E29·
Oct 21, 2011
Oct 21, 2011
7 mins
E294
294 GG Do You Resent Your Editor?
E294·
Oct 7, 2011
Oct 7, 2011
8 mins
E293
293 When to Capitalize Seasons
E293·
Sep 29, 2011
Sep 29, 2011
5 mins
E292
292 Overcoming Writer’s Block
E292·
Sep 23, 2011
Sep 23, 2011
6 mins
E288
288 Compound Nouns
E288·
Aug 8, 2011
Aug 8, 2011
5 mins
E284
284 Who Says “Fun” Can’t Be an Adjective?
E284·
Jul 14, 2011
Jul 14, 2011
3 mins
E283
283 Did Oxford Drop the Oxford Comma?
E283·
Jul 8, 2011
Jul 8, 2011
5 mins
E282
282 "Each Other" Versus "One Another"
E282·
Jul 1, 2011
Jul 1, 2011
7 mins
E280
280 Whoever or Whomever?
E280·
Jun 16, 2011
Jun 16, 2011
6 mins
E279
279 Capitalizing Titles
E279·
Jun 9, 2011
Jun 9, 2011
8 mins
E275
275 Camel Case
E275·
May 12, 2011
May 12, 2011
6 mins
E274
274 Double Subjects
E274·
May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011
6 mins
E273
273 "A Hold" or "Ahold"?
E273·
Apr 28, 2011
Apr 28, 2011
5 mins
E272
272 Do You Capitalize “God”?
E272·
Apr 21, 2011
Apr 21, 2011
7 mins
E270
270 Commas With Participial Phrases
E270·
Apr 7, 2011
Apr 7, 2011
6 mins
E268
268 Mixing Verb Tenses
E268·
Mar 24, 2011
Mar 24, 2011
6 mins
E267
267 How to Speak English Like the Irish
E267·
Mar 17, 2011
Mar 17, 2011
8 mins
E263
263 How to Write Grammatically Correct Photo Captions
E263·
Feb 17, 2011
Feb 17, 2011
4 mins
E260
260 Contractions
E260·
Jan 27, 2011
Jan 27, 2011
6 mins
E259
259 First, Second, and Third Person
E259·
Jan 20, 2011
Jan 20, 2011
7 mins
E258
258 How to Write Dialogue
E258·
Jan 13, 2011
Jan 13, 2011
6 mins
E257
257 Should You Ever Put a Space Before a Period?
E257·
Jan 13, 2011
Jan 13, 2011
5 mins
E252
252 What Is Plagiarism?
E252·
Dec 2, 2010
Dec 2, 2010
7 mins
E250
250 "Foreword" Versus "Forward"
E250·
Nov 19, 2010
Nov 19, 2010
5 mins
E248
248 How to Write a Better Resume
E248·
Nov 4, 2010
Nov 4, 2010
4 mins
E246
246 Show, Don’t Tell
E246·
Oct 28, 2010
Oct 28, 2010
4 mins
E245
245 "Talk With" versus "Talk To"
E245·
Oct 22, 2010
Oct 22, 2010
6 mins
E243
243 "Think Different" or "Think Differently"
E243·
Oct 7, 2010
Oct 7, 2010
7 mins
E242
242 "Like" Versus "Such As"
E242·
Sep 30, 2010
Sep 30, 2010
6 mins
E240
240 Do All Adverbs End in "-Ly"?
E240·
Sep 16, 2010
Sep 16, 2010
8 mins
E239
239 Capitalizing Proper Nouns
E239·
Sep 9, 2010
Sep 9, 2010
6 mins
E238
238 Is It OK to Switch Verb Tenses?
E238·
Sep 2, 2010
Sep 2, 2010
7 mins
E235
235 Swearing
E235·
Aug 12, 2010
Aug 12, 2010
6 mins
E234
234 Does "Until" Include the Date?
E234·
Aug 5, 2010
Aug 5, 2010
6 mins
E232
232 Active Voice Versus Passive Voice
E232·
Jul 22, 2010
Jul 22, 2010
7 mins
E231
231 How to Write Clear Sentences
E231·
Jul 15, 2010
Jul 15, 2010
6 mins
E230
230 When to Use Female Nouns
E230·
Jul 8, 2010
Jul 8, 2010
6 mins
E229
229 Understanding Voice and Tone in Writing
E229·
Jul 1, 2010
Jul 1, 2010
7 mins
E228
228 Comma Splice
E228·
Jun 25, 2010
Jun 25, 2010
6 mins
E226
226 How to Use Transition Words
E226·
Jun 17, 2010
Jun 17, 2010
5 mins
E224
224 When to Use Articles Before Nouns
E224·
Jun 4, 2010
Jun 4, 2010
7 mins
E222
222 Dashes, Parentheses, and Commas
E222·
May 21, 2010
May 21, 2010
8 mins
E219
219 "Bad" Versus "Badly"
E219·
Apr 30, 2010
Apr 30, 2010
6 mins
E220
220 How to Eliminate Adverbs
E220·
Apr 29, 2010
Apr 29, 2010
5 mins
E217
217 What Is Poetic License?
E217·
Apr 15, 2010
Apr 15, 2010
4 mins
E215
215 Hey, That's Not Grammar Girl!
E215·
Apr 1, 2010
Apr 1, 2010
4 mins
E213
213 Stacked Modifiers
E213·
Mar 18, 2010
Mar 18, 2010
5 mins
E209
209 Does the Olympic Theme Song “I Believe” Have a Grammar Error?
E209·
Feb 19, 2010
Feb 19, 2010
5 mins
E206
206 Is "I'm Loving It" Proper Grammar?
E206·
Jan 29, 2010
Jan 29, 2010
7 mins
E205
205 Readers Share Their Funny Errors
E205·
Jan 21, 2010
Jan 21, 2010
6 mins
E203
203 How Do You Pronounce 2010?
E203·
Jan 18, 2010
Jan 18, 2010
7 mins
E204
204 Is "Got" Proper English?
E204·
Jan 14, 2010
Jan 14, 2010
5 mins
E201
201 Is “Ain't” a Word?
E201·
Dec 25, 2009
Dec 25, 2009
5 mins
E199
199 "Alternate" Versus "Alternative"
E199·
Dec 5, 2009
Dec 5, 2009
5 mins
E197
197 "Where" Versus "In Which"
E197·
Nov 19, 2009
Nov 19, 2009
4 mins
E196
196 Adverbs Ending in -ly
E196·
Nov 13, 2009
Nov 13, 2009
6 mins
E193
193 "Diffuse" Versus "Defuse"
E193·
Oct 16, 2009
Oct 16, 2009
3 mins
E191
191 How to Write a Complaint Letter
E191·
Oct 2, 2009
Oct 2, 2009
5 mins
E190
190 Ellipses Spurned
E190·
Sep 25, 2009
Sep 25, 2009
4 mins
E188
188 "Comprise" Versus "Compose"
E188·
Sep 18, 2009
Sep 18, 2009
5 mins
E187
187 Should Writers Keep a Journal?
E187·
Sep 11, 2009
Sep 11, 2009
5 mins
E186
186 Funny Misplaced Modifiers
E186·
Sep 4, 2009
Sep 4, 2009
4 mins
E185
185 When Should You Capitalize Titles?
E185·
Aug 28, 2009
Aug 28, 2009
6 mins
E183
183 Verbs Sandwiched Between Singular and Plural Nouns
E183·
Aug 14, 2009
Aug 14, 2009
3 mins
E184
184 When Should You Capitalize Words?
E184·
Aug 1, 2009
Aug 1, 2009
6 mins
E181
181 How Many Spaces After A Period?
E181·
Jul 30, 2009
Jul 30, 2009
3 mins
E176
176 What Is Subject-Complement Agreement?
E176·
Jul 26, 2009
Jul 26, 2009
6 mins
E180
180 How to Use Parallel Construction Correctly
E180·
Jul 24, 2009
Jul 24, 2009
3 mins
E119
119 "Shall" Versus "Will"
E119·
Jul 22, 2009
Jul 22, 2009
3 mins
E179
179 Can You Start a Sentence with “Which”?
E179·
Jul 17, 2009
Jul 17, 2009
5 mins
E178
178 Do Rhetorical Questions Need a Question Mark?
E178·
Jul 10, 2009
Jul 10, 2009
4 mins
E174
174 "Myself"
E174·
Jun 12, 2009
Jun 12, 2009
5 mins
E172
172 "All Right" Versus "Alright"
E172·
May 29, 2009
May 29, 2009
4 mins
E170
170 Swear Words in Text
E170·
May 15, 2009
May 15, 2009
6 mins
E169
169 Using “For” to Mean “Because”
E169·
May 9, 2009
May 9, 2009
5 mins
E168
168 Troublesome Contractions (e.g., I'd've)
E168·
May 1, 2009
May 1, 2009
5 mins
E167
167 Dashes Versus Colons
E167·
Apr 23, 2009
Apr 23, 2009
4 mins
E166
166 Strunk and White
E166·
Apr 17, 2009
Apr 17, 2009
5 mins
E182
182 Are You Annoyingly Redundant?
E182·
Apr 7, 2009
Apr 7, 2009
5 mins
E164
164 "One" Versus "You"
E164·
Apr 3, 2009
Apr 3, 2009
4 mins
E177
177 Why Are British English and American English Different?
E177·
Apr 3, 2009
Apr 3, 2009
6 mins
E162
162 How to Write a Great Blog Comment
E162·
Mar 20, 2009
Mar 20, 2009
7 mins
E161
161 "Use" Versus "Utilize"
E161·
Mar 13, 2009
Mar 13, 2009
4 mins
E158
158 "Flammable" Versus "Inflammable"
E158·
Feb 20, 2009
Feb 20, 2009
5 mins
E157
157 GG When to Use a Comma with “Too”
E157·
Feb 13, 2009
Feb 13, 2009
4 mins
E156
156 What is the plural of scissors
E156·
Feb 6, 2009
Feb 6, 2009
4 mins
E155
155 What to Call People With Disabilities.
E155·
Jan 30, 2009
Jan 30, 2009
4 mins
E150
150 How to Podcast a Book
E150·
Dec 26, 2008
Dec 26, 2008
8 mins
E148
148 How to Write Your First Novel
E148·
Dec 12, 2008
Dec 12, 2008
6 mins
E12
012 Wordiness And Idioms
E12·
Nov 21, 2008
Nov 21, 2008
4 mins
E146
146 Mixed Metaphors
E146·
Nov 13, 2008
Nov 13, 2008
5 mins
E144
144 Concrete Versus Cement
E144·
Nov 7, 2008
Nov 7, 2008
4 mins
E141
141 Appositives
E141·
Oct 17, 2008
Oct 17, 2008
5 mins
E140
140 Modifying Phrases at the Beginning of Sentences
E140·
Oct 10, 2008
Oct 10, 2008
4 mins
E139
139 Is "Data" Singular or Plural?
E139·
Oct 3, 2008
Oct 3, 2008
5 mins
E136
136 Complex-Compound Sentences
E136·
Sep 19, 2008
Sep 19, 2008
5 mins
E131
131 Collective Nouns
E131·
Sep 2, 2008
Sep 2, 2008
5 mins
E129
129 Assure Versus Ensure Versus Insure
E129·
Aug 25, 2008
Aug 25, 2008
5 mins
E127
127 Begs the Question
E127·
Aug 19, 2008
Aug 19, 2008
4 mins
E126
126 - Through, Threw, and Thru
E126·
Aug 14, 2008
Aug 14, 2008
4 mins
E125
125 Comparatives Versus Superlatives
E125·
Aug 12, 2008
Aug 12, 2008
4 mins
E124
124 Better Versus Best
E124·
Aug 8, 2008
Aug 8, 2008
6 mins
E122
122 Is "Have Got" Acceptable English?
E122·
Aug 1, 2008
Aug 1, 2008
3 mins
E120
120 He Said, She Said
E120·
Jul 25, 2008
Jul 25, 2008
3 mins
E118
118 Writing Accents and Dialects
E118·
Jul 18, 2008
Jul 18, 2008
5 mins
E123
123 How to Avoid Clichés
E123·
Jul 15, 2008
Jul 15, 2008
5 mins
E116
116 "Than I" Versus "Than Me"
E116·
Jul 10, 2008
Jul 10, 2008
7 mins
E114
114 Phrasal Verbs
E114·
Jul 4, 2008
Jul 4, 2008
6 mins
E113
113 Writing with Slang
E113·
Jun 27, 2008
Jun 27, 2008
4 mins
E110
110 When to Leave Out "That"
E110·
Jun 6, 2008
Jun 6, 2008
6 mins
E108
108 Whose for Inanimate Objects
E108·
May 23, 2008
May 23, 2008
5 mins
E107
107 Graduated versus Graduated From
E107·
May 15, 2008
May 15, 2008
4 mins
E100
100 How to Write Numbers
E100·
Mar 28, 2008
Mar 28, 2008
4 mins
E7
007 Which Versus That
E7·
Mar 21, 2008
Mar 21, 2008
4 mins
E98
098 Who Versus Whom--Advanced
E98·
Mar 7, 2008
Mar 7, 2008
3 mins
E96
096 May Versus Might
E96·
Feb 21, 2008
Feb 21, 2008
3 mins
E95
095 Zeroscape Versus Xeriscape
E95·
Feb 15, 2008
Feb 15, 2008
2 mins
E93
093 Hyphens
E93·
Jan 31, 2008
Jan 31, 2008
4 mins
E91
091 Yo as a Pronoun
E91·
Jan 10, 2008
Jan 10, 2008
5 mins
E90
090 Went Missing
E90·
Jan 4, 2008
Jan 4, 2008
4 mins
E87
087 Used to Versus Use to, and Other Listener Questions
E87·
Dec 7, 2007
Dec 7, 2007
4 mins
E84
084 People Versus Entities
E84·
Nov 16, 2007
Nov 16, 2007
5 mins
E82
082 Daylight-Saving Time
E82·
Nov 9, 2007
Nov 9, 2007
4 mins
E83
083 Interviewing Tips
E83·
Nov 9, 2007
Nov 9, 2007
5 mins
E78
078 Formatting Hyperlinks
E78·
Oct 5, 2007
Oct 5, 2007
4 mins
E77
077 Verbification of a Noun
E77·
Sep 28, 2007
Sep 28, 2007
6 mins
E76
076 Starting a Sentence With "Hopefully"
E76·
Sep 21, 2007
Sep 21, 2007
5 mins
E73
073 Simplify Your Writing
E73·
Aug 30, 2007
Aug 30, 2007
6 mins
E72
072 The The -- The Double The
E72·
Aug 23, 2007
Aug 23, 2007
5 mins
E70
070 The Asterisk (Trust Me About Grammar, Not About Baseball)
E70·
Aug 10, 2007
Aug 10, 2007
3 mins
E68
068 Unlawful Versus Illegal
E68·
Jul 20, 2007
Jul 20, 2007
4 mins
E67
067 Your Versus You're
E67·
Jul 20, 2007
Jul 20, 2007
6 mins
E65
065 Regionalisms
E65·
Jun 29, 2007
Jun 29, 2007
7 mins
E64
064 Between You and Me
E64·
Jun 26, 2007
Jun 26, 2007
4 mins
E56
056 Generating Story Ideas and Overcoming Writer's Block
E56·
May 22, 2007
May 22, 2007
8 mins
E55
055 Misplaced Modifiers
E55·
May 18, 2007
May 18, 2007
6 mins
E48
048 April Fools' Day Episode
E48·
Apr 1, 2007
Apr 1, 2007
4 mins
E266
266 When Should You Capitalize Cocktail and Food Names?
E266·
Mar 11, 2007
Mar 11, 2007
4 mins
E42
042 Semicolons
E42·
Feb 21, 2007
Feb 21, 2007
6 mins
E36
036 Grammar Manners
E36·
Jan 12, 2007
Jan 12, 2007
4 mins
E31
031 The Lord Is Come?
E31·
Dec 15, 2006
Dec 15, 2006
4 mins