Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
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Podcast Description
Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. 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. To download podcast episodes not shown here, visit QuickandDirtyTips.com
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322 GG Country Names: the Ukraine or Ukraine? | When do you use an article with a country name? | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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133 GG A Historic Podcast | "Historic" versus "Historical". The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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321 GG Janus Words: I'm Chuffed | Be careful of your context. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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320 GG You Have No Idea How Weird "Do" Is | English's meaningless "do." | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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319 GG The AP Sanctions "Hopefully" | Are you feeling hopeful? | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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318 GG Dashes, Colons, and Commas | They can change the way your sentences feel. Learn how they differ. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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317 GG What Does "Proper English" Mean? | You say "proper English," but you mean Standard English | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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316 GG Sentence Fragments | Will they make editors reject your fiction? | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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315 GG Possessives | Possessives: They aren't just for possession. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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314 GG Mary Sue | Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is usually more interesting. | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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061 GG "Bring" Versus "Take" | Rules for simple and complicated situations. | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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313 GG Getting Your Tricky Conditionals Right | Past and present tense can get tricky with conditionals. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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312 GG This NGD story is "all right." | A Grammar Day tale: When Mr. Brown Met Miss Fox: A Love Story | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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311 GG Where Are You At? | The surprising reason people say it. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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309 GG Why Do Kids Say "Versing"? | It's older than you think. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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308 GG Should We Abandon Standard Spelling? | Should we be more lenient? "L8r" for "later"? | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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310 GG Stationary, Stationery, Complement, and Compliment | Memory tricks! | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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111 GG Everybody Wants Some | Indefinite pronouns. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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307 GG Omitting "That" | When you can and when you can't | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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306 GG "The Night Circus": Well Done Second Person Narrative | Did you know there are three kinds of second person? | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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305 GG Where Did the @ Symbol Come From? | Why does it look like a snail? | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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304 GG Should You Point Out Errors? | How can you correct people's errors without coming off like a jerk? | 12/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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030 GG Sentence Fragments | Learn to recognize them. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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303 GG Gifting and Regifting | Is "gifting" a word, and is regifting rude? | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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302 GG Passive Voice | It's about more than just what verb you use. | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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301 GG Active Voice | It's about more than just what verb you use. | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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300 GG Christmas Carol Grammar | Learn about the odd grammar in "What Child Is This?" | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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299 GG Ten Tips to Banish Typos | Computer and printing tricks to eliminate errors. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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057 GG Formatting Vertical Lists | Bullets, numbers, letters, capitalization, and punctuation | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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298 GG Color Your Readers' Imagination with Words | "Dogs" or "mastiffs"? "Beer" or "ale"? It really does matter. | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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297 GG How to Search a Corpus | It's a database, not a dead body. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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029 GG "They" as a Singular Pronoun | Can you use "they" as a gender-neutral singular pronoun? | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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295 GG Advice for New College Grads - How to Find Work as a Freelance Writer | Just getting started on a writing career? Read these tips for success. | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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294 GG Do You Resent Your Editor? | Tips for dealing with criticism. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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293 GG When to Capitalize Seasons | Why are there different names for seasons, and when should you capitalize them? | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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292 GG Overcoming Writer's Block | Help! I'm totally blocked. | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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291 GG Irregular Verbs | Why do we have both "dreamed" and "dreamt." | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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290 GG "Needs Washed" | Pittsburghese and other fun regionalisms | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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085 GG Metaphors and Similes | Use metaphors and similes to spice up your writing. | 9/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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289 GG Mixing Quotation Marks with Other Punctuation | Do periods and commas go inside or outside? | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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022 GG Single Quotation Marks Versus Double Quotation Marks | How to nest them and when to use them in headlines. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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288 GG Compound Words | Why isn't it a gumsballS machine? | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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287 GG Compound Subjects | "Milk and cookies": Does the "and" make it plural? | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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286 GG Portmanteaus | Carmageddon, hacktivists, and a spork. | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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285 GG "Moot" Versus "Mute" | And what about the Harry Potter Wizengamot? | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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284 GG Can Words Be "Fun"? | Who says "fun" can't be an adjective? | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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283 GG The Serial Comma Kerfuffle | Did Oxford drop the Oxford comma? | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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282 GG "Each Other" or "One Another"? | Is there actually a difference? | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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281 GG How Do Words Get in the Dictionary? | Who decides? | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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280 GG Whoever or Whomever? | Learn how to use "whomever" and "whoever," and a trick for avoiding the problem. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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279 GG Capitalizing Titles | Which words should you capitalize? | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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278 GG Oddness When You Start a Sentence with "There Is" | Expletive Sentences | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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276 GG Is Saying "Graduated College" Wrong? | Should you say you "graduated from college," "graduated college," or "were graduated from college"? | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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053 GG "I.E" Versus "E.G." | Get Grammar Girl's take on i.e. versus e.g. Learn what i.e. and e.g. are Latin for and how to use them correctly. | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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275 GG CamelCase | What's the deal with the second capital in MySpace, OutKast, and PowerPoint? | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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274 GG Double Subjects | Grammar Girl, she teaches grammar. Are sentences like that OK? | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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273 GG "A Part" or "Apart"? And Similar Tricky Words | A trick to tell if it should be one or two words. | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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272 GG Religious Words | When do you capitalize words like "god" and "godly"? | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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271 GG Are Conversate and Orientate Words? | Why do people use these weird words? | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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270 GG Commas with Participial Phrases | When do you put a comma before a phrase such as "making me cry"? | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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269 GG Ending a Sentence with a Preposition | Is it really something up with which I should not put? | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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268 GG Mixing Verb Tenses | Take it one clause at a time to find the problem. | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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267 GG Speak English Like an Irishman | Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with some Irish turns of phrase. | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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266 GG When to Capitalize Cocktail Names | Who was Bloody Mary and where is Daiquiri? | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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265 GG Short Story Contest Winner | Gerald Warfield on the (funny) origin of epic poetry. | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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264 GG So Many Questions | Today's topic is how to format questions. You think you already know this, don't you? I wonder if you're right. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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263 GG "I" and "Me" in Photo Captions | Should your photo captions read "Bob and me" or "Bob and I"? Get tips on how to write grammatically correct photo captions for Facebook and beyond. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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262 GG Commas with Adjectives | When do you put commas between adjectives? | 2/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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261 GG "A" Versus "An" | It's the sound, not the first letter, that matters. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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260 GG Contractions | Did the Coen brothers get it right in True Grit? | 1/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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259 GG First, Second, and Third Person | When to use them. | 1/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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258 GG How to Write Dialogue | What to do about parallel structure. | 1/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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257 GG The Spaces-Before-Periods Mystery | Why are people putting spaces before periods? | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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256 GG Serial Comma | When to use a comma before the "and" in a list. Learn how to address them properly. Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty. | 12/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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255 GG How to Make Family Names Plural | Making family names plural? More than one sister-in-law? More than one Mister? Learn how to address them properly. Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty. | 12/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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254 GG Canards and Petards | Quack! Two strange word with interesting origins. Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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253 GG "Desert" Versus "Dessert" | Do you deserve a dessert? Maybe not. Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty | 12/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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252 GG What Is Plagiarism? | Can you plagiarize yourself? Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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251 GG Different Kinds of Gerunds | Find out why "Thanksgiving" is a gerund. Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty. | 11/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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250 GG "Forward" Versus "Foreword" | Forward is often a direction and a foreword is the first part of a book. Learn a memory trick to remember the difference between forward and a foreword so you can use them correctly. Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty. | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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249 GG Why Doesn't "Veterans Day" Have an Apostrophe? | Why Doesn't "Veterans Day" Have an Apostrophe? Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/fogarty. | 11/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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248 GG How to Write a Better Resume | Fix the most common mistakes I see. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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247 GG What Is a Straw Man Argument? | Learn what a straw man argument is and how they're effectively used in debates. Learn why politicians use straw man arguments and exactly how they work. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 11/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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246 GG Show, Don't Tell | Many writers will be told they should "show, not tell." Learn what exactly "show, don't tell" means and gives you tips on how to create images for your readers in your writing. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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245 GG "Talk With" versus "Talk To" | When I have to choose between talk to and talk with, which one is right? Some prepositions sound wrong. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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244 GG Is Pig Latin a Real Language? | Learn whether or not Pig Latin is a real language and what the criteria are for deciding whether or not Pig Latin is a language. Also find out why it's called Pig Latin. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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243 GG Think Different | Is Apple's advertising slogan wrong? Should it have been "Think differently"? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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242 GG "Like" Versus "Such As" | Learn when to use "like" and when to use "such as." Find out why "like" should be used for comparisons and "such as' should be used for examples and how to use commas with "such as." The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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241 GG Colons | Get Grammar Girl's take on colons. Learn the grammar rules surrounding the use of colons. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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240 GG Is "Drive Slow" Wrong? | Is "drive slow" wrong? What about "fast" and "hard"? What makes flat adverbs special? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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239 GG Capitalizing Proper Nouns | Should "Internet" and "Ground Zero" be capitalized? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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238 GG Switching Verb Tense | Is it ever OK to switch verb tenses? Find out when switching verb tenses is OK, and when it isn't OK to switch tenses. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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237 GG Run-On Sentences | Get Grammar Girl's take on run-on sentences. Learn what run-on sentences are and how to recognize, avoid, and fix run-on sentences. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 8/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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236 GG Split Infintives | Get Grammar Girl's take on split infinitives. Learn whether splitting the infinitive is against the rules or whether you're allowed to boldly split at will. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 8/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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235 GG Swearing | What makes certain words swear words? Is swearing bad? Should swearing happen at work? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 8/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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234 GG Does "Until" Mean "Through"? | Does "until" include the date? Does "until" mean "through" or does "until" mean "up to"? A grammar expert offers Quick and Dirty Tips to help you figure out how to use "until." The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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233 GG Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces | What's the difference between parentheses, square brackets, and curly braces? When do you use them? A grammar expert offers Quick and Dirty Tips to help you learn how to use parentheses, brackets, and braces. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 7/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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232 GG Active Voice and Passive Voice | When subjects take action. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 7/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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231 GG Clear Out Deadwood | Chop words that add length but not value. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 7/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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230 GG When to Use Female Nouns | Is it ever OK to use female nouns like "actress," "comedienne," and "stewardess"? Find out when to use female nouns without being offensive. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 7/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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229 GG Understanding Voice and Tone | A grammar expert offers Quick and Dirty Tips to help you identify your audience, understand the difference between voice and tone, and learn why voice and tone are important for your writing. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 7/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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228 GG Comma Splice | Learn what a comma splice is and how to fix comma splices in your writing. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 6/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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227 GG Tips for New Bloggers | Try to actually imagine your audience. The more you know about them, the more you can write something they'll find relevant and interesting. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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226 GG How to Write Better Transitions | A grammar expert offers tips about how to use transition words and choose better transition words for your sentences. Go beyond transition words like "first" and "next." The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 6/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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225 GG How to Use Ellipses | You can use it for omission or hesitation, but is it too annoying? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 6/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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224 GG When to Use Articles Before Nouns | The Time? A Time? Or Just Time? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 6/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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223 GG Is a Troop One Person or a Group? | Is a "troop" and individual soldier, group of soldiers, or both? Get tips on how to properly use the word "troop." The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 5/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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222 GG Dashes, Parentheses, and Commas | Are they interchangeable? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 5/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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221 GG "Although" Versus "While" | It's my pet peeve, but am I wrong? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 5/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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220 GG When to Modify Your Adverbs | Consider eliminating many of your adverbs. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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219 GG "Bad" Versus "Badly" | Do You Feel Bad or Feel Badly? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 4/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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218 GG "Farther" Versus "Further" | Do you know when when to use these two words? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 4/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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217 GG Poetic License | Are songwriters poets? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 4/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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216 GG Tricky Ranges | Learn how to properly discuss a range of confusing scenarios. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 4/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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215 GG Hey, That's Not Grammar Girl! | An April Fools' show in which Will Ross from 118 Migration impersonates Grammar Girl. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 4/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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214 GG Always, Never, Usually, Often, Most, and More | Learn how to properly use these dangerous words. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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213 GG Stacked Modifiers | How many modifiers is too many? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 3/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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212 GG Writing About Time | How to write about daylight-saving time, time zones, and more. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 3/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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211 GG Top 10 Grammar Myths | Which "rules" are actually myths? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 3/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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210 GG Pronouns and Antecedents | Avoid the three most common errors. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 2/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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209 GG Subject and Object Pronouns: "I" Versus "Me" | A lesson from the Olympic theme song, "I Believe". The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 2/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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208 GG Dangling Participles | As much fun as they sound? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 2/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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207 GG "Between" Versus "Among" | You're among friends. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 2/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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206 GG Is "I'm Loving It" Proper English? | Stative verbs. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 1/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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205 GG Readers' Stories of Funny Errors | Does your worst typo top these? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 1/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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204 GG Is "Got" Proper English? | Let's get along. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 1/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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203 GG How Do You Pronounce 2010? | "Twenty ten," "two thousand ten," or "twenty-oh-ten"? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 1/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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202 GG When to Use "Nor" | Remember to keep your balance. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 12/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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201 GG Is "Ain't" a Word? | Say it ain't so! The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 12/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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037 GG Don't You Dare Lay Down Sally! | Lay versus lie. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 12/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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200 GG "Who" Versus "Whom," Advanced | Another tricky sentence is demystified. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 12/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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199 GG "Alternate" Versus "Alternative" | Alternatively yours... The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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198 GG "Because," Due To," "Since," and "As" | What's the difference between all these words? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 11/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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197 GG "Where" Versus "In Which" | There's a time and a place for everything. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 11/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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196 GG Adverbs Ending in -ly | And don't call me Shirley. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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195 GG "Which" Versus "That" | What better to talk about for Halloween than a "which"? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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194 GG Using Italics | You don't have to be Italian. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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193 GG "Diffuse" Versus "Defuse" | And "convince" versus "persuade." The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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192 GG That's My Gerund | Do I Hate Your Singing or You Singing? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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191 GG And Another Thing... | Writing a Complaint Letter. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 10/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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190 GG Ellipses Spurned | A National Punctuation Day Special Episode. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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189 GG Lift and Separate | How to properly use semicolons. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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188 GG Grammar Girl Comprises Many Episodes | "Comprise" versus "Compose". The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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187 GG Journaling | Tips for keeping a journal. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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186 GG I Shot an Elephant in my Pajamas | Groucho Marx does misplaced modifiers. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 9/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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185 GG Capital Offenses, Part II | Back-to-school capitalization conundrums. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 8/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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184 GG Capital Offenses | Understanding capitalization. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 8/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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183 GG Torn Between Two Lovers | Overcoming the heartbreak of distracting predicate nouns. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 8/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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182 GG You Can Say That Again | Save yourself from redundancy. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 8/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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181 GG Spacing Out | How many spaces go after a period at the end of a sentence. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 7/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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180 GG Are Your Lists Out of Line? | Simple steps to avoid a false series. The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 7/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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179 GG Which Reminds Me... | Can you start a sentence with "which"? The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 | 7/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 152 Episodes |
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