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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.

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All Episodes

00:07:23

420 - Why 'A-Whole-Nother' Isn’t Like...

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/06/12

While researching why people say "a-whole-nother," Syelle Graves discovered that even knowing what to call the phrase gets complicated (and interesting).

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00:06:24

419 - Using Stick Figures to Understand First,...

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/06/05

Using Stick Figures to Understand First, Second, and Third Person

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00:03:31

417 - An Unparalleled Letdown

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/05/22

The authors of "The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation" help us understand parallel structure.

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00:05:45

416GG How to Kick Your Annoying Preposition Habit

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/05/15

How to Kick Your Annoying Preposition Habit

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00:06:46

415 - Commas Are Like People on the Subway

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/05/08

Commas are like people on the subway: You think you know them, but they're awfully complex. This week, we'll dig deeper and get to know some of their jobs: separating items in a series (the Oxford comma), delineating appositives, and surrounding nonrestrictive phrases.

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00:07:46

414 - Luisa Zissman's Missing Apostrophe

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/05/01

Sometimes companies leave apostrophes out of their names when it seems as if the name would need an apostrophe. Why do they do it, and is it wrong?

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00:06:12

413 - Words Invented by Shakespeare

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/04/24

In honor of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, we'll look at Shakespeare's words, phrases, insults, and false friends. I bet you don't know them all.

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00:07:22

412 - Can I Help Who's Next?

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/04/18

Neal Whitman addresses some annoying phrases you hear in stores and restaurants, such as "Can I help who's next?" and "Did you want cream in your coffee?" Find out why people say such things.

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00:05:39

411 - Addictive Versus Addicting

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/04/10

Addictive Versus Addicting

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00:06:44

410GG Just Because

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/03/30

It's tricky to pick apart the grammar of a sentence such as "Just because you’re correct doesn’t mean you’re not annoying." Guest writer Neal Whitman explains why such sentences work and what they really mean.

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00:06:32

408 - Why We Don't End Sentences With "You're"

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/03/21

Some words have strong forms, weak forms, and even weaker forms.

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00:07:57

407GG Why Canadians Don't Really Say "Aboot"

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/03/13

Gretchen McCulloch from the All Things Linguistic explains why Canadians don't say "aboot" and why most Americans think they do.

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00:04:40

406GG Begging the Question

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/03/07

Language is changing but that doesn't mean you have to go with the flow.

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00:06:57

405 - Is Cash Money a Regional Expression?

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/02/28

Is Cash Money a Regional Expression?

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00:09:11

404 - Why "Substitute" Is Weird

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/02/27

Why it’s hard to talk about substituting one thing for another without confusing people. Guest Writer: Neal Whitman Sponsor: AudiblePodcast.com/GG

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00:05:23

403 - Preventative and Orientate

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/02/22

Today, we’re going to talk about two cases in which English has two words that mean the same thing and whether one choice is better than the other. Preventative and preventive, and orient and orientate. Sponsor: Grammar Girl’s Peeve Wars. Visits FundAnything.com/peevewars to learn more.

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00:08:43

402 - Little Bunny Foo Foo

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/02/21

The Hoax Behind Little Bunny Foo Foo

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00:05:00

401 - How Clipping Creates New Words

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/02/14

Great tales of English word evolution: From pantaloons to pants, caravan to van, and much more. Guest Writer: Bonnie Trenga Sponsor: http://FundAnything.com/peevewars

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00:04:34

400 - How Reading Tickles Your Neurons

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/02/09

When you read about a character, in some ways your brain acts as though it thinks you ARE the character. It's amazing. Grammar Girl and the Savvy Psychologist explain how. Subscribe to the Savvy Psychologist's show at iTunes. Get the card game Peeve Wars at http://FundAnything.com/peevewars

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00:05:44

399 - Your Brain on Fiction

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing ·

2014/02/07

How Literature Changes Your Brain for the Better. If you liked this podcast, check out our new show, The Savvy Psychologist.

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