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. 'Rebel with a Clause,' the movie, with Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson

    1 DAY AGO

    'Rebel with a Clause,' the movie, with Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson

    1048. Ellen Jovin set up a folding table on the street in all 50 U.S. states to talk with people about grammar, which led to the book "Rebel with a Clause." Now, her story, and the story of people who talked with her, is a movie by the same name. Mignon talked with Ellen and her documentarian husband, Brandt Johnson, about what they learned about both filmmaking and humanity.

    25 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    You made a movie. Now what do you do with it? (with Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson)

    Brandt Johnson made a movie documenting Ellen Jovin's nationwide human outreach through the Grammar Table, even thought he'd never made a full-length movie before. He shares what it takes to make a movie and what you do with it once you finally have it.

    12 min
  3. From "august" to "August." Why the union is always "strong." Nee nee

    3 DAYS AGO

    From "august" to "August." Why the union is always "strong." Nee nee

    1047. This week, we look at word pairs like "august/August" that change their meaning when capitalized and how you can make your meaning clear. Then, we look at how we got to the point where U.S. presidents always seem to say, "The state of the union is STRONG," in their State of the Union addresses.

    16 min
  4. The psychology of fandom, with Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    JAN 9

    The psychology of fandom, with Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    1046. Jennifer Lynn Barnes, author of the "Inheritance Games" books, discusses how writing from different points of view can help readers connect with characters in different ways. We also talked about her book recommendations, and how the "Grey's Anatomy" pilot surprised her by having almost all the elements she had identified as important for the success of novels.

    23 min
  5. Does 'Wicked' have a grammar error? What is the 'neck of the woods'? To be Frances

    JAN 7

    Does 'Wicked' have a grammar error? What is the 'neck of the woods'? To be Frances

    1045. A listener asked if the song "The Wizard and I" should actually be "The Wizard and Me," so we look at how you can tell. And then we look at interesting idioms about familiar places: "neck of the woods," "stomping grounds," and "haunts."

    15 min
  6. The case of the mystery dialect, with Natalie Schilling

    JAN 2

    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
  7. 2024 words of the year, with John Kelly

    12/30/2024

    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

  8. 12/30/2024 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    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
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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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