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. The case of the mystery dialect, with Natalie Schilling

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    The case of the mystery dialect, with Natalie Schilling

    1044. Today, I'm talking about a strange disappearance that forensic linguist Natalie Schilling worked on that she calls "the case of the mystery dialect."

    20 min
  2. 2024 words of the year, with John Kelly

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    2024 words of the year, with John Kelly

    1043. "Skibidi," "polarization," "brat," "demure," "enshittification," and more. You might get whiplash from the vacillating vibes of all the words the dictionaries chose this year. I joined John Kelly, former vice president of editorial at Dictionary.com, to romp through all the choices and contenders.

    44 min

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    Aura, Kaiwai, and more WOTYs, with John Kelly

    BONUS. Word-of-the-year isn't just a U.S. phenomenon, other countries have their words too. John Kelly and I go through some of these other great words in this Grammarpalooza bonus episode.

    13 min
  4. Twee pop, bumbershoot, amongst, and more, with Ben Yagoda

    26/12/2024

    Twee pop, bumbershoot, amongst, and more, with Ben Yagoda

    1042. Today, Ben Yagoda and Mignon talk about the words "twee," "vet," the two spellings of "gray," the surprising origins of  "football" and "soccer," and more.

    15 min
  5. 'Home' for the holidays. False friends. Hello, Dentist.

    23/12/2024

    'Home' for the holidays. False friends. Hello, Dentist.

    1041. Today, we talk about the word "home" and its meaning beyond just a structure, and then we talk about false friends — words in different languages that don't mean what you think they mean.

    14 min
  6. Struggling with AI: Job loss, energy use, and more, with Christopher Penn

    19/12/2024

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

    17/12/2024

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

    12/12/2024

    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
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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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