Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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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.

  1. Struggling with AI: Job loss, energy use, and more, with Christopher Penn

    3 DAYS AGO

    Struggling with AI: Job loss, energy use, and more, with Christopher Penn

    1040. The downsides of AI bother me a lot — job loss, energy use, and the content tsunami. But I also think it's critically important to understand what this technology can do and how it's likely to change the way we work and live. In this Grammarpalooza bonus segment, I talked with Christopher Penn about how he thinks about these problems.

    23 min
  2. Why people say 'I mean ...' Missing pronouns. Cat-tracted.

    5 DAYS AGO

    Why people say 'I mean ...' Missing pronouns. Cat-tracted.

    1039. People are saying "I mean" more lately, and we explain what it ... means! Plus, we look at why people leave out pronouns at the beginning of sentences such as "Ordering pizza!"

    17 min
  3. Why the new CMOS is yellow. Pandemic collectors editions. And more

    12 DEC

    Why the new CMOS is yellow. Pandemic collectors editions. And more

    1038. Chicago Manual of Style editors Mary Laur and Russell Harper dish on the changes they wanted in CMOS that didn't make it in, why the stylebook is bright yellow, and how a printing problem during the pandemic led to some rare editions of the manual. Plus, Mary shares her book recommendations just in time for holiday book buying.

    17 min

  4. 10 DEC

    Positive 'anymore.' 'Wreaked' or 'wrought'? Seat of your pants. Pecan pie.

    1037. This week, we answer a few questions that have popped up from previous episodes: What's up with the "positive anymore"? What is havoc? Is it wreaked or wrought? And more!

    13 min
  5. Making your own dictionary, with Erin McKean

    5 DEC

    Making your own dictionary, with Erin McKean

    1036. Erin McKean runs an entire online dictionary with the goal of having ALL the English words. But Wordnik is not only huge, it's also filled with delightful quirks. Hear how Erin manages this one-woman show and how you can get in on the fun.

    25 min

  6. 5 DEC · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Why AI is bad for dictionaries, with Erin McKean

    BONUS. Erin McKean runs the online dictionary Wordnik and has published a paper describing the way AI mostly fails at dictionary-related tasks. Plus, we talk about her completely different hobby that revolves around dresses—making them and writing a blog and novel about them with "A Dress a Day."

    24 min
  7. Good first sentences. The language of 'Gladiator II.' Bear barber.

    3 DEC

    Good first sentences. The language of 'Gladiator II.' Bear barber.

    1035. This week, we look at famous and amazing first sentences in novels to understand what makes them so compelling, and then we look at the interesting origin of "gladiator" and other words from Roman times.

    16 min
  8. How to write about trademarks. Why we say 'thank you.'

    26 NOV

    How to write about trademarks. Why we say 'thank you.'

    1034. First, we look at how writers should use trademarked terms like "Kleenex" and "Google," including when to capitalize them and how to avoid legal pitfalls. Then, we look at the way the word "thank" evolved alongside changing social conventions — who got thanked and why, and how the word itself evolved.

    16 min
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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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