Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Grammar Girl is your friendly guide to the English language—writing, history, rules, and cool stuff. We cover punctuation, grammar, style, word histories, idioms, and more. Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. QuickandDirtyTips.com

Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
Do You Call In, Out, or Off Sick? How Kids Learn Language. Hexaboobiated. 00:17:37 2022-02-04 08:00
Tips for Learning a New Language: The Fluent Show 00:27:50 2022-01-27 19:00
Why 'Tiny' Sounds Smaller Than 'Huge.' Nixing the Horrid 'Of.' Kokopelli. 00:19:21 2022-01-20 18:00
'Strollout,' 'Insurrection,' 'Yassify,' and Other Words of the Year for 2021 00:14:12 2022-01-13 22:00
Cardsharp. The Old-New Singular 'They.' Grignug. 00:16:11 2022-01-06 20:00
Questions, Questions, So Many Questions! 00:14:13 2021-12-30 19:00
Is "Milk and Cookies" One Thing or Two? A New Language Term: The Santaback. Shoedabakers. 00:16:18 2021-12-25 00:00
How Lori Rader-Day Wrote a Historical Novel About War Evacuees in Agatha Christie's Vacation Home 00:28:30 2021-12-16 23:00
Pretending to Be British. How to Use Ellipses. Spiders. 00:18:10 2021-12-09 19:00
Shibboleth. Greeting Card Grammar. Bunkaree. 00:11:40 2021-12-03 21:00
How to Use a Semicolon, Amirite? Partu. 00:13:29 2021-11-25 19:00
Penultimate. Veni, Vidi, Vici. Smidge. 00:13:33 2021-11-18 19:00
New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming. 00:18:46 2021-11-11 20:00
Editing an Anthology: 'Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed' 00:28:14 2021-11-04 20:00
Is That a Tombstone, Gravestone, or Headstone? Why Is the Sound of a Human Scream So Terrifying? 00:12:26 2021-10-28 23:00
Using Present Tense in a Story About the Past. Beck and Call. Tie-Dye Trees. 00:16:21 2021-10-22 01:00
Surprise! These Names Are Trademarks. How to Write 'Dos and Don'ts' (or Is That 'Do's and Don'ts'?). Wording Your Mixes. 00:11:01 2021-10-14 20:00
The Hedonometer and Your Feelings. What Does 'Schnozz' Mean? 00:20:05 2021-10-07 20:00
How Do You Pronounce 'Tomato'? Why Is 'Chiropractic' Singular. Fish. 00:11:35 2021-09-30 20:00
The Power of Very Specific Words, with Joel Schwartzberg 00:29:59 2021-09-23 23:00
How to Really Talk Like a Pirate. When Do You Need a Comma Before 'Because'? 00:11:49 2021-09-16 20:00
Why and When 'Very Unique' Is Wrong. Capitalizing 'Delta Variant' (or Not). Happy to You. 00:15:18 2021-09-09 20:00
Naked Idioms. Short-Lived. Capitalizing Earth. Hector Protector. 00:12:52 2021-09-02 20:00
The Origin of 'Honeymoon.' 'Where' Versus 'In Which.' Fevesteter. 00:11:04 2021-08-26 20:00
Weird Words for Alcohol. Starting a Sentence with 'However.' Fam-ished. 00:16:54 2021-08-19 20:00
How Storytelling Makes a Difference (and How to Do It Well) 00:42:41 2021-08-13 11:45
What's the Opposite of Deja Vu? Commas Between Adjectives 00:14:48 2021-08-05 20:00
The Best Stories from 15 Years of Grammar Girl 00:15:37 2021-07-29 20:00
What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change. 00:15:13 2021-07-22 23:00
'Fish' or 'Fishes'? Why Do We Call Out 'Nothing' as 'Bupkis'? 00:10:40 2021-07-15 20:00
'If' Versus 'Whether.' Why We Say 'The Exception That Proves the Rule.' 00:12:11 2021-07-08 20:00
Trundle, Amble, Roam, and Shamble. How Some Preposition Use Has Changed Over Time. 00:17:11 2021-07-02 01:15
Pedantic Nonsense Up with Which I Will Not Put! 'Discreet' or 'Discrete'? 00:14:08 2021-06-25 00:00
Starting a Sentence with a Conjunction: Right or Wrong? Good 'Subpar' and Bad 'Subpar.' 00:15:45 2021-06-17 19:00
How Long Is a Good Sentence? 'Cord' or 'Chord'? Grumple. 00:11:36 2021-06-10 19:00
What Made 'Friends' Funny. How Cicadas Got Their Name. Dog Replacer. 00:13:41 2021-06-03 21:00
Is 'Graduated College' Wrong? Five Wonderful Latin Phrases. 00:11:44 2021-05-27 19:00
'Bring,' 'Take,' and 'Carry.' 'The Queen's Gambit.' Sweepy Thing. 00:15:11 2021-05-20 19:00
Writing Dialogue. 'Associate Degree' or 'Associate's Degree'? Wiffy. 00:13:17 2021-05-13 21:00
'Ketchup' or 'Catsup'? How to Punctuate Questions. Gmoing Gmoing. 00:13:43 2021-05-06 20:00
What Does ‘Op-Ed’ Really Mean? The Perfect Paragraph Length. Items. 00:11:20 2021-04-29 20:00
The Intrusive "Of." What Makes English Weird. 00:14:18 2021-04-22 20:00
How to Write Faster. The Origin of the Odd Letter W 00:14:41 2021-04-15 22:00
'Borrow' and 'Lend.' When to Use 'Nor.' Boncho. 00:11:12 2021-04-08 20:00
1) Squirrelly Animal Verbs. 2) 'People,' 'Peoples,' and 'Persons': Why It Matters. 00:10:29 2021-04-01 20:00
A vast number of words have surprising origins. We talked about some today, including "scientist," "impressionist," "beatnik," and "paradigm." 00:18:22 2021-03-25 19:00
'Normalcy' or 'Normality'? A Punctuation Question from a Famous Movie Line. Taco Cats. 00:10:03 2021-03-18 20:00
It's Not Just March. Other Months Have 'Ides' Too! Are You on the Pig's Back Today? 00:11:23 2021-03-12 00:00
813 - The History of National Grammar Day. My Favorite Resources. Anniversity 00:14:01 2021-03-05 00:30
812 - Kibosh. Sidekicks. Misolation. 00:17:29 2021-02-26 00:00
811 - Inigo Montoya and Coining Phrases. 'Dose' or 'Dosage'? 00:12:49 2021-02-19 00:00
810 - Words out of Time. Why 'OK' Is OK. 00:15:22 2021-02-11 19:00
809 - Rethink Descriptions Like 'Diabetic.' The Wonderful World of Italics, 00:14:25 2021-02-05 00:00
808 - 6 Latin Abbreviations You Should Know. 'Imply' or 'Infer'? 00:14:47 2021-01-28 19:00
807 - Why We Call Them Sea 'Shanties.' A Trick to Remember How to Spell 'Conscience' 00:12:15 2021-01-21 19:00
806 - Why You Should Try Fanfiction. How to Find Tricky Pronunciations. 00:16:14 2021-01-14 22:00
805 - 'Acedia': the lost name for the emotion we're all feeling right now 00:11:08 2021-01-07 17:00
804 - Another Think/Thing Coming. 'Sanction,' 'Cleave,' 'Dust,' and More 00:14:22 2020-12-31 18:00
803 - Pandemic, COVID, anderhalvemetersamenleving: 2020 Words of the Year 00:22:50 2020-12-24 18:00
802 - Brandon Sanderson on Writing, Character and Place Names, and the Future 00:34:08 2020-12-17 17:30
801 - How to Get Your 'Just Deserts.' Comma After 'But'? Why? 00:11:54 2020-12-10 18:00
800 - What Did You Step On? And Is That a Desert or a Dessert? 00:09:37 2020-12-03 16:00
799 - What 'Whence' Has to Do with 'Where Are You At?' 'Regime' or 'Regimen'? 00:11:42 2020-11-26 17:00
798 - Why 'Hilarious' Is Funnier than 'Hysterical.' How to Start a Novel. 00:15:30 2020-11-19 22:00
797 - Why Dickens' Character Names Are So Revealing. 'Continual' or 'Continuous'? 00:14:29 2020-11-12 19:00
796 - What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe? 00:12:36 2020-11-06 02:15
795 - Why People Use Scare Quotes. 'Dialog' or 'Dialogue'? 00:10:48 2020-10-29 19:00
794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal Dialogue 00:14:42 2020-10-22 14:30
793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox' 00:15:30 2020-10-15 20:00
792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like' 00:15:58 2020-10-08 20:00
791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop) 00:11:50 2020-10-01 22:00
790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.' 00:15:21 2020-09-24 21:00
789 - How to Make Your Readers Laugh. 'Whoa' or 'Woah'? 00:14:53 2020-09-17 20:00
788 - Why 'Out of Pocket' Means Both 'Inappropriate' and 'Unavailable' 00:16:02 2020-09-11 01:30
787 - Why We Associate Political Parties with the Colors Red and Blue 00:24:40 2020-09-03 23:00
786 - 'Doomscrolling' (OK, Doomer). 'Each Other' or 'One Another'? 00:14:38 2020-08-27 20:00
785 - 'Gantlet' or 'Gauntlet'? Do You Want to Say 'Had Went'? 00:12:12 2020-08-20 21:00
784 - A Historical Tip for Remembering When to Use 'Historical.' Put More Thought into Your Punctuation. 00:14:40 2020-08-14 00:30
783 - How Hurricanes Get Their Names. When You Should Avoid Using Contractions. 00:18:11 2020-08-06 18:00
782 - What are those dots over letters? Why does 'money' have a plural, and how do you spell it? 00:10:20 2020-07-30 20:00
781 - Blursday or Whensday? Middle Grade Versus Young Adult Fiction 00:16:32 2020-07-23 19:00
780 - Which Comes First? Who or Where? 00:14:50 2020-07-16 21:00
779 - How You Can Help the OED. Capitalizing 'Black.' How Playwriting Techniques Can Improve Your Writing. 00:14:15 2020-07-09 20:00
778 - Do We Say 'Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight' Because of the Saharan Dust Plumes? Also, 'Yoiks!' 00:14:03 2020-07-03 01:00
777 - How to Write Fight Scenes (and How to Get Started as a Fiction Editor) 00:29:07 2020-06-25 19:30
776 - Why a Detective Searched for 'Clews' in a 1929 Novel. ‘Systemic’ or ‘Systematic’? 00:11:59 2020-06-19 00:00
775 - Why We Talk About 'Bad Apples.' 'A Few' Versus 'a Couple' 00:11:23 2020-06-11 18:00
774 - Roy Peter Clark on Civic Clarity 00:33:16 2020-06-05 00:00
773 - Postal Zones. Reenter. Bougie. 00:11:41 2020-05-29 00:00
772 - The History of ZIP Codes and Addresses (Plus How to Write Them) 00:21:50 2020-05-21 19:00
771 - Writing Lessons from Bad Job Applications 00:15:42 2020-05-14 19:30
770 - 'Muslim' or 'Moslem'? 'Fishfolk'? 'Fishist'? What Is the Gender-Neutral Term for 'Fisherman'? 00:13:20 2020-05-08 01:30
769 - Why Do We Say 'Cool Your Heels'? What's Up With 'Zhuzh'? 00:18:06 2020-04-30 19:00
768 - Why Aren't We 'Whelmed'? And Cabin 'Fever,' Anyone? 00:11:29 2020-04-23 22:00
767 - The semicolon is so much more interesting than you imagine 00:29:24 2020-04-16 23:00
766 - 'Flaunt' and 'Flout.' 'Band Together.' 00:11:35 2020-04-10 01:00
765 - Say No to Marshall Law. How 'Vaccine' Is Related to 'Cow.' 00:09:50 2020-04-02 21:15
764 - Skeleton Crew. Hunker Down. Uncharted. Existential. 00:10:39 2020-03-26 20:15
763 - How to Write Better Email. 'Pandemic' vs. 'Epidemic.' 'Canceled' vs. 'Cancelled.' 00:13:41 2020-03-19 18:00
762 - How to Pronounce 'Celtic.' 'Whiskey' or 'Whisky'? 00:10:58 2020-03-12 18:00
761 - Why It's Called 'Daylight Saving Time.' The Origin of the Word 'Woman.' 00:14:14 2020-03-05 21:45
760 - What Is Genre. 'Bangs' Versus 'Fringe.' 00:11:26 2020-02-28 00:15
759 - What Does ‛Mardi Gras’ Mean? "Drive to Work" Versus "Drive Home" 00:08:34 2020-02-20 18:00
758 - Why 'XOXO' Means 'Hugs and Kisses' 00:06:18 2020-02-13 18:00
757 - The days of the week are names you've known your whole life, but do you know their origin? 00:09:53 2020-02-06 18:00
756 - High Odds or Low Odds? 00:10:18 2020-01-30 17:00
755 - How to Write Anything 00:09:31 2020-01-23 21:45
754 - The Tie Between Ann Landers and 'Could Care Less.' 00:08:13 2020-01-16 20:30
753 - Take Heart! Here's Why You Still Have Time to Write Your First Novel 00:15:58 2020-01-09 17:15
752 - Why Do Asian Languages Have So Many Different Scripts? 00:06:55 2020-01-03 00:30
751 - Why Are There So Many Spellings for 'Hanukkah'? (Or Is That 'Chanukah'?) 00:07:15 2019-12-27 00:15
750 - Pitch Black. Frankincense and Myrrh. 00:09:35 2019-12-19 21:00
749 - How to Identify Your Main Point. It's Harder Than You Think! 00:28:20 2019-12-16 21:00
748 - Your Language Affects Your Perception of Time. 'Star Wars' Languages. 00:17:06 2019-12-12 19:00
747 - You Don't Have to Get Up on Stage for Improv to Boost Your Creativity 00:34:11 2019-12-09 20:00
746 - How to Make Family Names Plural. How Come We Ask 'How Come?' 00:14:23 2019-12-05 18:15
745 - 'More Than' Versus 'Over.' Is a Hamburger a Sandwich? 00:18:13 2019-12-02 17:15
744 - Cold Turkey, Talk Turkey, and More. The Weird Origin of the Cornucopia. 00:13:13 2019-11-28 23:15
743 - How to Get Your Characters Right (Especially When They Aren't Like You) 00:31:34 2019-11-25 16:15
742 - Famous Quotations. Silent Letters. 00:16:14 2019-11-21 17:00
741 - Behind the Scenes in Publishing. 00:21:28 2019-11-18 18:30
740 - Do You Know When to Use Quotation Marks? Also, How to Create a House Style. 00:16:48 2019-11-15 01:15
739 - The Problem with Sarcasm. Filthy Lucre. 00:15:26 2019-11-11 20:45
738 - Can a Boy Raised by Wolves Learn to Speak Human Language? It Depends. 00:14:28 2019-11-07 19:30
737 - Curtis Chen: Using NaNoWriMo to Kickstart Your Novel 00:35:11 2019-11-04 18:45
736 - Ghastly Words for Ghosts. Quid pro Quo. 00:15:57 2019-10-31 20:30
735 - Dave Itzkoff on Writing a Biography of Robin Williams 00:35:59 2019-10-28 17:30
734 - Ghost Words 00:12:37 2019-10-24 18:45
733 - Why People Hate Words Like 'Moist' 00:25:34 2019-10-21 20:45
732 - How to Write a Conclusion. ‘Rebut’ or ‘Refute’? 00:10:55 2019-10-17 19:00
731 - Compound Possession. 'Friday' or 'On Friday'? 00:13:56 2019-10-14 18:00
730 - Turning a Podcast into a Novel: 'The Bright Sessions' to 'The Infinite Noise' 00:33:51 2019-10-10 21:45
729 - Making Words That End in Y Plural.'Primer' Pronunciation. 00:12:05 2019-10-07 19:15
728 - How English Words Came Into French After World War II 00:18:59 2019-10-03 18:00
727 - The Quirky Australian 'Crime' Tense. 'Hopefully.' 00:17:19 2019-09-30 19:00
726 - A Cup of Joe. ‘Smokey’ and ‘Smoky.’ 00:14:03 2019-09-26 23:30
725 - Interviewing, Story Structure, and Writing Tools with Jonathan Small 00:38:48 2019-09-23 19:45
724 - Why Esperanto Is an Amazing Language. 'Fall' or 'Autumn'? 00:13:18 2019-09-19 19:30
723 - Grammar Girl #723. Tips for Fact Checking. Why We Use the Term 'Watershed Moment.' 00:13:49 2019-09-16 23:15
722 - 'Math' or 'Maths'? Irregular Verbs. 00:16:51 2019-09-12 19:30
721 - Verbing Nouns. 'It Is I' or 'It Is Me'? 00:14:05 2019-09-09 23:00
720 - Getting Your Tricky Conditionals Right. Wheelhouse. 00:17:00 2019-09-05 20:15
719 - Why 'Literally' Doesn't Mean 'Literally' Anymore. Video Games for Language Learning. 00:18:58 2019-09-03 00:30
718 - Writing Scripts and Speeches. Ask and Aks. 00:16:43 2019-08-29 21:45
717 - Words that Sound Funny 00:14:13 2019-08-26 20:00
716 - What's Up With Words That Are Spelled the Same but Sound Different? 00:13:54 2019-08-23 02:00
715 - POV. Plus 'Tinderella,' 'phubbing,' and more words at the intersection of relationships and technology. 00:16:52 2019-08-19 23:00
714 - Eponyms: Cardigan, Dunce, Quisling, and More. 00:18:56 2019-08-16 02:45
713 - More Apostrophe Mayhem. Dyslexia Writing Tips 00:18:51 2019-08-13 00:00
712 - Apostrophe Catastrophe. What (or Who) Is a Cipher? 00:17:27 2019-08-08 19:45
711 - Misheard Song Lyrics and Eggcorns. The Ampersand. 00:25:23 2019-08-05 19:00
710 - Vacay. Why Some People Call Green Peppers 'Mangoes' 00:14:42 2019-08-01 19:00
709 - Surprise! The History of Semicolons Is Exciting. 00:31:45 2019-07-29 21:15
708 - Why Alcohol Is 'Hard.' 'Phenomena' or 'Phenomenon'? 00:14:28 2019-07-25 19:00
707 - How and Why the Internet Is Changing Language 00:32:27 2019-07-22 18:45
706 - Sometimes It's Not a Bad Idea to Dumb Down Your Language. 00:12:08 2019-07-18 18:45
705 - 'Blue Collar,' 'Bluestocking,' and 'the Blue Hair Brigade.' 'Oral' Versus 'Verbal.' 00:14:47 2019-07-16 02:00
704 - Present Tense When Writing About Fiction. The Poop Emoji and Eggcorns. 00:10:40 2019-07-11 19:00
703 - Why There Are 9 Different Ways to Pronounce the Letter T 00:25:00 2019-07-08 23:30
702 - ‘All of a Sudden’ or ‘All of the Sudden’? ‘Baited’ or ‘Bated’ Breath? 00:10:56 2019-07-04 19:00
701 - ‘Biweekly’ or ‘Semiweekly’? ‘Foward' and ‘Forward.’ 00:11:06 2019-07-01 22:45
700 - When to Capitalize 'Google.' Why Zero is 'Love' in Tennis. 00:11:03 2019-06-27 21:15
699 - When to Capitalize Computer Terms. StetWalk 00:08:06 2019-06-24 21:45
698 - 'Subpoena.' When To Capitalize 'The' in Titles. 00:06:37 2019-06-20 18:45
697 - What Anyone Can Learn From the College Essay Process 00:28:37 2019-06-17 23:30
696 - Hyphens in Ages. The Emphatic 'This.' 00:09:11 2019-06-13 21:45
695 - 'Armageddon' or 'Apocalypse'? Numbers in Dialogue. 00:13:58 2019-06-10 20:45
694 - Country Names and “The”: The Ukraine or Ukraine. Theater Idioms. 00:16:30 2019-06-06 21:45
693 - What's Wrong with Saying Something Is 'Very Unique'? 00:19:25 2019-06-04 02:45
692 - Godzilla, Cryptids, and Dilemma Comments. 00:11:28 2019-05-30 20:45
691 - BONUS: Introducing Science Rules! with Bill Nye 00:02:53 2019-05-27 19:45
690 - The Spelling Bee Kids 00:22:46 2019-05-23 19:00
689 - More or most? Majority or plurality? The many (how many?) ways to describe amounts. 00:09:05 2019-05-21 01:00
688 - Dangling Participles 00:09:38 2019-05-16 20:30
687 - What It's Like to Be a Book Editor and Translator 00:17:44 2019-05-13 21:15
686 - The 'Dilemma' Dilemma. 'Big Bang Theory" Words and Language. 00:16:42 2019-05-09 19:30
685 - How to Find Work as a Freelance Writer. Adventure. 00:18:23 2019-05-06 19:45
684 - ‘Unquote’ or ‘End Quote’? Cinco de Mayo. Horse Idioms. 00:14:00 2019-05-02 17:15
683 - ‘So’ and ‘So That’: What Type of Conjunction Are They? 00:24:16 2019-04-29 23:15
682 - Do You Drop Your T's? 'Sneaked' and 'Snuck.' 00:17:27 2019-04-25 18:30
681 - 'The Dictionary of Difficult Words,' an Interview with Jane Solomon 00:35:11 2019-04-22 20:15
680 - Wakandan, Groot, and Other Languages of the Marvel Universe. Easter and Passover. 00:16:38 2019-04-18 18:15
679 - Brussels sprouts? Scotch eggs? Swedish meatballs? Which food names can you trust? 00:16:26 2019-04-15 19:30
678 - Moolah, Clams, and Scratch. God, Godsend, and Godfather. 00:18:03 2019-04-11 19:00
677 - BONUS: LeVar Burton Reads 00:04:25 2019-04-08 19:45
676 - The Language of 'Game of Thrones' 00:13:42 2019-04-04 19:00
675 - Why Verbs Like 'Witness' Are Weird 00:18:05 2019-04-01 20:45
674 - How You Can Benefit Year-Round from NaNoWriMo 00:20:24 2019-03-28 18:00
673 - Schwa-ify This! Scrabble Stories 00:16:03 2019-03-25 22:45
672 - How a Semicolon Brought Two Writers Together 00:23:59 2019-03-21 18:00
671 - Why We Have Both 'Color' and 'Colour' 00:07:46 2019-03-18 18:15
670 - Equinox. Is Irish the Same as Gaelic? 00:16:01 2019-03-14 20:45
669 - 'Red Tape,' 'Red Herring,' 'Paint the Town Red,' and More 'Red' Idioms. 00:12:31 2019-03-11 18:45
668 - What's Wrong with 'These Ones'? Faith and Begorrah, We Have Irish Phrases for St. Patrick's Day! 00:14:19 2019-03-07 19:00
667 - Why ducks say "quack-quack" in English but "ga-ga" in Japanese. 00:09:28 2019-03-04 18:00
666 - Double Negatives. 00:11:44 2019-02-28 19:00
665 - Language News Chat 00:35:51 2019-02-25 18:45
664 - Benjamin Dreyer and His Unusual Pet Peeves 00:38:17 2019-02-21 22:30
663 - D-Day. Why I Want a Salad-Salad. 00:14:52 2019-02-18 20:15
662 - 'Racket' or 'Racquet'? Never Misspell 'Bureaucracy' Again. 00:18:48 2019-02-14 18:00
661 - How Paula Brackston picks her characters’ names and uses language to set a tone. 00:23:54 2019-02-11 16:00
660 - 'Irregardless' or 'Regardless'? Crime Words. 00:18:32 2019-02-07 19:00
659 - Normans, Ralls, and Voicemail 00:03:48 2019-02-04 22:00
658 - 'Wage,' 'Wager,' and 'Wed' 00:15:10 2019-01-31 18:30
657 - 'Tip of the Hat" or 'Tip Your Hand'? 'Yeah No.' 00:19:53 2019-01-24 17:00
656 - ‘Relapse’ or ‘Recur’? 'Kneeled' or 'Knelt.' ’Methinks.’ 00:13:22 2019-01-17 19:45
655 - ‘Myriad’ or ‘Myriad Of’? What Is a Run-On Sentence? 00:13:02 2019-01-10 18:15
654 - 'Stint' or 'Stent'? How to Pronounce 'Coyote.' 00:17:53 2019-01-03 19:30
653 - How to Use an Asterisk. Journaling. 00:12:31 2018-12-27 17:15
652 - ‘Purposely' or 'Purposefully'? Yule. 00:12:10 2018-12-20 18:15
651 - 'Capitulate' or 'Recapitulate'? Colons. 00:12:56 2018-12-13 18:45
650 - 'Wreaked' or 'Wrought'? 'Crescendo.' Could We Understand Aliens? 00:15:29 2018-12-06 20:00
649 - 'Ado' or 'Adieu'? Pronouns and Antecedents 00:15:42 2018-11-29 22:00
648 - Does Your Language Influence How You Think? 00:24:31 2018-11-22 15:15
647 - Pronoun Order. ‘Flier’ or ‘Flyer.’ The Plural of ‘Mouse.’ 00:13:04 2018-11-15 18:00
646 - 'Blond' or 'Blonde'? How 'Trolloping' Became a Word. 00:16:17 2018-11-08 18:00
645 - Interview with New York Times bestselling author Courtney Summers 00:17:28 2018-11-01 18:00
644 - 'Sit' or 'Set'? Monster Names. 00:09:24 2018-10-25 19:00
643 - ‘In the Limelight.’ ‘A’ or ‘An’? 00:14:15 2018-10-18 19:00
642 - 'Regard' Versus 'Regards.' Languages Without Numbers. 00:15:54 2018-10-11 19:00
641 - 'Myself.' ‘Get the Skinny.’ 00:17:37 2018-10-04 19:00
640 - Can a Screw Screw Itself into a Board? (Middle Voice) 00:19:10 2018-09-27 18:30
639 - Great Paragraphs. Falling off the Turnip Truck. 00:10:33 2018-09-20 21:00
638 - 'None.' How Pirates Talked. 00:12:15 2018-09-13 19:00
637 - ‘MacGyver.’ ‘Semicolons.’ 00:10:37 2018-09-06 19:00
636 - 'To Boot.' Duck Tape. 'Can' and 'May.' Pronouns. 00:16:46 2018-08-30 18:30
635 - 'Quick and Dirty.' 'Momentarily.' Short Subjects. 00:13:52 2018-08-24 02:00
634 - 'Rack' or 'Wrack'? How to Eliminate Adverbs. 00:09:14 2018-08-16 19:00
BONUS: Words for Color 00:11:17 2018-08-14 15:30
633 - Is That Comment Facetious, Sarcastic, or Sardonic? Cleft Sentences. 00:15:44 2018-08-09 19:00
632 - 'Ask' as a Noun. Ships as 'She.' 00:13:34 2018-08-02 18:30
631 - Anniversaries. Conversate. 00:15:11 2018-07-26 18:30
630 - Who Wrote the ABC Song? Shark Idioms! 00:13:15 2018-07-19 19:00
629 - 'Gourmet' or 'Gourmand'? Why July 14 Is Called Bastille Day. 00:13:06 2018-07-12 17:00
628 - Why 'Bag' and 'Beg' Sound the same to some people? Does 'Texas' Mean 'Crazy'? 00:14:24 2018-07-05 18:45
627 - How to Write a Great Cover Letter. 'Kinda' and 'Wanna': Real Words or Not? 00:13:01 2018-06-28 18:45
626 - ‘Aggravate’ Versus ‘Irritate’ What Is a Functional Shift? 00:10:09 2018-06-21 19:00
625 - ‘Dinner’ or ‘Supper’? How to Write a Thank-You Note 00:15:15 2018-06-14 17:30
624 - ‘Trooper’ and ‘Trouper.” Why Is It Called a Spelling Bee? 00:12:11 2018-06-07 18:45
623 - 'Calvary' or 'Cavalry'? Spelling Bee Interview. 00:20:06 2018-05-31 13:15
622 - Is a Troop One Person or a Group? Repetition 00:15:50 2018-05-24 18:00
621 - ‘Council’ or ‘Counsel’? Direct and Indirect Quotations. Oxymorons. 00:11:21 2018-05-17 19:00
620 - When to Capitalize 'Mom.' In the Doldrums. 00:16:41 2018-05-10 19:00
619 - Co-worker. Barefaced and Baldfaced Lies. Mixed Metaphors. 00:13:22 2018-05-03 19:00
618 - Jazz and Thunder. Say Your Piece (or Peace)? 00:13:21 2018-04-26 19:00
617 - 'Lay' and 'Lie.' 'Grill' and 'Grille.' 'Warsh.' 00:12:14 2018-04-20 00:00
616 - The Prodigal Tongue. Odoriferous. Battle Royale. 00:20:43 2018-04-13 01:15
615 - Humor with Adverbs. Noisome. Receipts. Case Quarters. 00:18:46 2018-04-05 22:30
614 - Illeism. Named For or After? Misinformation and Disinformation. 00:16:08 2018-03-30 01:00
613 - Dictionary.com Starts Defining Emoji (an interview with Jane Solomon) 00:29:57 2018-03-22 23:30
612 - The Pin/Pen Merger. American. 'Half-Staff' or 'Half-Mast'? 00:20:55 2018-03-16 02:00
611 - Pudding. "There Are" Sentences. Winning Limerick 00:13:48 2018-03-09 00:45
610 - Top 10 Grammar Myths. How 13 Dog Breeds Got Their Names. 00:14:32 2018-03-02 02:00
609 - Pull Idioms. Surprising Food Names. Dillydally. 00:13:53 2018-02-22 23:00
608 - Dilly Dilly. How Many Prepositions Can You Put in a Row? 00:15:44 2018-02-15 23:00
607 - Brainstorming. Call Out Sick? Synesis. 00:14:49 2018-02-08 23:00
606 - Levidromes, Tom Swifty Jokes, and new OED Words. 00:13:25 2018-02-02 00:00
605 - A Homophone Error at the SAG Awards. Lectern or Podium? Capitalizing Award Names 00:13:48 2018-01-26 00:30
BONUS: Introducing Launch 00:14:38 2018-01-22 04:00
604 - Origin of 'Gerrymandering.' Is 'Data' Singular or Plural? 00:11:21 2018-01-19 00:00
603 - Words of the Year, Why You Shouldn't Use 'Eskimo,' 'Canon' or 'Cannon'? 00:15:29 2018-01-12 00:00
602 - I'm Chuffed. 00:05:15 2018-01-04 23:00
601 - 'Based In' or 'Based Out Of.' Omitting 'That' 00:17:53 2017-12-28 22:00
600 - How to Pronounce 'Caramel.' Sports Idioms 00:11:00 2017-12-21 22:00
599 - Delicious English Words (Chocolate, Guacamole) with Aztec Roots 00:10:43 2017-12-15 00:00
598 - Gifting and Regifting. Take a Decision. 00:11:02 2017-12-08 10:30
597 - Eskimo Words for Snow. Write a Book! 00:18:13 2017-12-01 00:00
596 - Why Businesses Are Called Houses. Why We Call It "Black Friday." 00:16:57 2017-11-23 22:00
595 - 'Side' Words. What Is a Bailiwick? 00:12:40 2017-11-16 22:00
BONUS: Introducing "When to Jump" 00:30:04 2017-11-10 11:30
594 - The Plural of 'Batman.' Why Smart People Struggle with Shakespeare Too. 00:18:38 2017-11-10 00:00
593 - The Origin of English: Proto-Indo-European. 00:18:51 2017-11-03 00:00
592 - "Sofa" or "Couch"? "Skeleton" Idioms. 00:14:48 2017-10-27 01:30
591 - 'Cannot' or 'Can Not'? 'Dead' Idioms. 00:14:22 2017-10-20 01:00
590 - How to Write an Apology 00:10:27 2017-10-13 01:30
589 - The "Ruth's Chris" Apostrophe. Thingamajigs. 00:13:36 2017-10-06 01:00
588 - Why People Mimic Accents. Why People "Have Your Six." 00:13:00 2017-09-29 01:00
587 - More British & American Differences. Quotation Marks with Periods and Commas 00:13:26 2017-09-22 01:30
586 - UK and US English. 'Bad' or 'Badly'? 00:17:57 2017-09-15 02:45
585 GG. Rainy Idioms. "Because," "Due To," "Since," and "As" 00:14:31 2017-09-08 01:45
584 GG. Pipe Dream. Comma Before a Quotation. 00:13:47 2017-09-01 03:00
583 GG Important or Importantly? Time Traveler Words 00:08:31 2017-08-25 03:30
582 GG. How to Use Quotations. Stop Calling Yourself a Grammar Nazi 00:14:16 2017-08-18 01:00
581 GG. Riffle and Rifle. Worcestershire Sauce. 00:10:27 2017-08-11 01:00
580 GG. Introductory Paragraphs. One of The... 00:15:01 2017-08-04 01:00
579 GG Language Games. Jerry-Built. And Female Juniors 00:09:02 2017-07-28 01:30
578 GG Words from Obsolete Technology 00:09:53 2017-07-21 01:00
577 GG The Trump Jr. Punctuation Kerfuffle. Generation Names. 00:12:18 2017-07-14 01:30
576 GG Critique or Criticize? Games Like Pig Latin 00:12:55 2017-07-07 01:00
575 GG Gestures. Elbow Grease. Capitalizing Directions. 00:16:08 2017-06-30 01:00
574 GG Commas with Transition Words. Double Whammy. 00:09:21 2017-06-23 01:00
573 GG Until, Till, and 'Til. Dad Jokes. 00:14:12 2017-06-15 23:30
572 GG Themself. Comma Splices. 00:14:23 2017-06-08 23:00
571 GG Lego or Legos? Why English Spelling Reform Is Doomed. 00:26:24 2017-06-02 00:30
570 GG Burned or Burnt? Why English Spelling Is a Mess. 00:14:34 2017-05-26 02:15
569 GG. Explain vs. Explanation. How to Outline. 00:12:23 2017-05-19 00:00
568 GG. In or Among. Weird Words. 00:11:49 2017-05-12 02:30
567 Is Pig Latin a Real Language? 00:14:07 2017-05-05 00:00
566 GG. Off Your Feed. Animal Language. 00:21:30 2017-04-28 01:00
565 GG. Solving Crimes with Language. Apple, Podcasts, and Prepositions. 00:11:26 2017-04-20 22:00
564 GG. Preposition or Adverb? 00:17:15 2017-04-13 22:00
563 GG Singular 'They' 00:12:54 2017-04-07 03:00
562 GG AP Style and Chicago Manual of Style Updates 00:15:03 2017-03-31 03:00
561 GG $10 Million Comma. Ambiguous Sentences. Tribute to Bill Walsh 00:13:53 2017-03-23 21:00
560 GG Devil's Advocate. 3 Tips for Creating Sentences with Punch 00:12:31 2017-03-16 23:15
559 GG. Abbreviations. And Then the Murders Began. Runcible. Haiku. 00:11:14 2017-03-10 01:15
558 GG How to Write Good Survey Questions 00:14:01 2017-03-03 02:15
557 GG Double Dactyl Poetry 00:14:12 2017-02-23 22:00
556 GG Tumult. Bull in a China Shop. Always, Never, Usually, Often, Most, and More 00:10:25 2017-02-16 22:00
555 GG. Toe/Tow the Line. Pled or Pleaded. Animal Idioms. 00:12:34 2017-02-09 22:00
554 GG 'Reticent' or 'Reluctant.' Which' or 'That.' 00:10:29 2017-02-02 21:00
553 GG Not Only, But Also. Leave in the Lurch. Month Names. 00:12:40 2017-01-27 04:15
551 Capital vs Capitol. Citing Podcasts and Websites 00:11:06 2017-01-19 22:00
551 GG. Words of the Year. Writing Tips. 00:15:29 2017-01-12 21:00
550 GG Enormity or Enormousness? Badminton 00:07:16 2017-01-05 22:00
549 GG Hone/Home In. Apostrophes. 00:11:48 2016-12-29 22:15
548 GG. What Makes Good Stories. 00:10:14 2016-12-22 21:00
547 GG 'A While' or 'Awhile'? Writing Dialogue 00:11:11 2016-12-15 22:00
546 GG Anxious/Eager. If Not. 00:16:11 2016-12-08 22:30
545 GG Read the Riot Act. The Changing English Language. 00:14:30 2016-12-01 22:00
544 GG. Pilgrim Names. Pronouncing Foreign Words 00:21:27 2016-11-24 22:00
543 GG. By the Wayside. How to Pronounce 'Biopic' 00:11:12 2016-11-17 21:00
542 GG. 'Aloud' or "Out Loud'? Strong Voice 00:09:31 2016-11-11 01:00
541 GG Before or Prior To? Foreign Language Syndrome 00:09:46 2016-11-03 22:00
540 GG. Cemetery or Graveyard? Peer Editing. To Calendar. 00:13:21 2016-10-27 22:00
539 GG Capitalizing Job Titles. I.e. Versus E.g. Sentence Diagramming 00:17:04 2016-10-21 00:00
538 Alumni. Words from Bookmaking. Beyond the Pale 00:17:39 2016-10-14 02:15
537 GG "Further" Versus "Farther." Horse's Mouth 00:13:03 2016-10-07 02:00
536 GG Hit the Bestseller List: How to Style Your Words Like a Bestselling Author 00:15:52 2016-09-30 01:45
535 GG Anyways or Anyway? Topic Sentences 00:13:18 2016-09-23 00:30
534 GG. Bridget Jones. Pay Dirt. Dashes. 00:19:15 2016-09-16 01:00
533 GG. Etc. Short Shrift. Prepositions 00:21:17 2016-09-09 01:45
532 GG Loose or Lose. You Wazzock. 00:21:56 2016-09-01 23:30
531 GG Writing Dual POVs. Space Operas and Soap Operas. 00:12:45 2016-08-26 00:15
530 GG Whom. Preorder. Badger, Weasel, Ferret. 00:14:50 2016-08-19 00:00
529 GG Latin Words. Batten Down the Hatches 00:11:44 2016-08-12 01:30
528 GG Adjectives. Logical Fallacies 00:13:30 2016-08-05 00:15
527 GG 'Lit' or 'Lighted.' Why Some Words Become Homophones 00:17:34 2016-07-29 04:15
526 GG Types of Third Person Point of View. Flammable and Inflammable 00:10:31 2016-07-22 02:00
525 GG Food Idioms. 'Affective' or 'Effective' 00:14:34 2016-07-15 02:00
524 - Affect Versus Effect. How to Pronounce The 00:15:30 2016-07-08 00:00
523 GG Sightseeing. On Accident Versus by Accident 00:12:21 2016-06-30 23:30
522 GG Hearty or Hardy? How English Became English. Jury-Rigged. 00:19:53 2016-06-24 00:30
521 GG Is Funnest a Word? How to Pronounce Adirondack. 00:12:03 2016-06-17 00:00
520 GG Band Names. Woman or Female? 00:08:57 2016-06-10 03:00
519 GG RBIs. Principal and Principle. Run of the Mill 00:14:35 2016-06-02 23:00
518 GG Are You Interurban? Vonnegut's Famous Semicolon Quotation Was Taken Out of Context. Off the Cuff. 00:14:37 2016-05-26 23:00
517 GG Why Do We Call It Commencement? When to Delete "It" 00:10:10 2016-05-19 23:30
516 GG Celsius Versus Centigrade. 'Between' Versus 'Among' 00:10:42 2016-05-13 01:30
515 GG Home vs. Away? How to Make Product Names Plural 00:11:39 2016-05-06 01:45
514 GG Brouhaha. New Words. One Fell Swoop. 00:12:41 2016-04-29 02:15
513 GG North or Northbound. Subjunctive Verbs. 00:09:09 2016-04-22 00:30
512 GG Titled or Entitled? AP Style Updates. Into Thin Air. 00:11:45 2016-04-15 01:00
511 GG Pronouncing Pulitzer. Navajo Codes in WWII 00:14:03 2016-04-08 01:00
510 GG How Aphasia Causes Difficulty Speaking 00:23:57 2016-04-01 00:00
509 GG Charlie Chaplin Grammar. S-Backing. 00:14:49 2016-03-24 22:30
508 GG. Haiku Winners. Great Story Ideas 00:21:03 2016-03-17 22:00
507 Patty or Paddy? Needs Washed 00:11:34 2016-03-10 22:30
506 GG Subordinate Clause Examples 00:10:11 2016-03-04 02:00
505 GG Maudlin. Vocabulary Words 00:09:55 2016-02-25 22:30
504 GG Shined or Shone? Idioms About Tea 00:10:55 2016-02-18 23:00
503 GG What Is a Canard? 00:11:08 2016-02-11 23:00
502 GG. Straw Man. Wicked. 00:17:35 2016-02-04 23:00
501 GG Word Families. Caucus 00:09:30 2016-01-28 22:30
500 GG Redundancy. Letters of Recommendation. 00:15:53 2016-01-21 22:30
499 GG Current or Currant? Singular They 00:12:05 2016-01-14 22:30
498 GG A Joke About a Mongoose. Writing Dates. 00:09:09 2016-01-07 22:30
497 GG Should You Capitalize 'the Force' from Star Wars? 00:03:28 2015-12-31 22:30
496 GG Plural of Hippopotamus 00:02:23 2015-12-24 22:30
495 GG Pair. Misusing “So” and “Very.” Even Keel 00:11:58 2015-12-17 22:30
494 GG Pair. Forensic Linguistics. In Cold Blood 00:10:18 2015-12-10 22:30
493 GG Hoofs or Hooves? Color Phrases 00:13:44 2015-12-03 22:30
492. GG. Blue. Kith and Kin 00:14:47 2015-11-27 11:15
491 GG Social Media. Internal Dialogue. 00:06:55 2015-11-19 22:30
490 GG Formatting URLs in Text 00:09:55 2015-11-12 22:30
489 GG Dialogue Tags. Writing Fight Scenes. NaNoWriMo 00:14:37 2015-11-05 22:30
488 GG Hallowe'en. Apostrophes. The Garden Path 00:14:01 2015-10-29 22:30
487 GG Wolf or Woof. Interrobang. Riding Roughshod 00:12:25 2015-10-22 23:30
486 - Suffragette. Ginormous 00:12:20 2015-10-15 23:30
485 GG Firstly. Exclamation Points. Leeway. 00:13:23 2015-10-08 23:30
484 GG Mantel or Mantle? Bulleted Lists 00:09:10 2015-10-01 23:30
483 GG Sort, Kind, or Type? Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms 00:06:59 2015-09-24 23:30
482 GG Amused or Bemused. Being Bilingual. Positive Anymore. 00:19:26 2015-09-17 23:30
481 GG And/Or. That Should Be a Word. 00:07:28 2015-09-10 23:30
480 GG Matriculate. Diminutives. Crocodile or Alligator? 00:15:23 2015-09-03 23:30
479 GG Scrabble in Different Parts of the World 00:14:55 2015-08-28 02:30
478 GG Why English Has Silent Letters 00:20:14 2015-08-20 22:15
477 GG Scrabble Extravaganza 00:17:47 2015-08-13 23:30
476 GG Zero Percent, Prefixes and Suffixes, Malapropisms 00:16:25 2015-08-06 23:30
281 How Do Words Get in the Dictionary? 00:08:02 2015-07-31 10:00
475 GG How a Comma Can Get You out of a Parking Ticket 00:15:35 2015-07-23 23:30
474 GG Flesh Out. Last Names. Hat Trick. 00:16:00 2015-07-16 23:30
473 GG How Understanding Toy Story Can Help You Get into College 00:14:51 2015-07-09 20:15
472 GG Citizen or Resident? Let's and Let Us. Newfangled. 00:17:24 2015-06-23 20:15
471 GG Size versus Sized. When Is It OK to Be Redundant? Mind Your P’s and Q’s. 00:13:39 2015-06-18 16:00
470 GG Prepositions in Shakespeare 00:14:29 2015-06-12 06:30
469 GG Kudos. Crossword Puzzles. Squad Goals. June 4, 2015. 00:14:28 2015-06-04 23:00
468 GG Congratulations. Food Names That Come From Countries…or Not. Tall Poppy Syndrome. 00:11:54 2015-05-28 23:00
467 GG Deep Seeded or Deep Seated?, Lewis Carroll: He Loved to Play with Language, Japanese Words in English 00:17:55 2015-05-21 19:00
466 GG Healthy Versus Healthful. The Best SAT Essay Ever. Fast and Loose 00:20:26 2015-05-14 23:00
465 GG Two Spaces After a Period? 00:14:38 2015-05-07 22:00
464 GG Weird Conditionals 00:13:43 2015-04-30 23:00
463 GG Most or Almost. Parallel Structure. Follow Suit 00:13:19 2015-04-23 23:00
462 GG Everyday. Ain't. Eponyms 00:12:53 2015-04-16 23:00
461 GG Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen 00:10:20 2015-04-09 23:00
105 Yoda Grammar (Reissue) 00:05:11 2015-04-02 20:00
460 GG Global English: Prepone, Do the Needful, and More 00:11:15 2015-03-26 22:00
459 GG Subject-Verb Agreement 00:11:31 2015-03-19 16:45
458 GG Can You Process These Tricky, but Grammatical, Sentences? 00:15:26 2015-03-13 05:15
'If' Versus 'Whether.' Why We Say 'The Exception That Proves the Rule.' 00:11:40 2015-03-05 20:45
456 GG Is Starting a Sentence With So Condescending? 00:16:30 2015-02-26 23:00
Announcement 00:00:33 2015-02-20 02:15
455 GG Why Do We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways? 00:12:23 2015-02-12 23:00
454 GG Splitting Infinitives 00:13:12 2015-02-05 20:45
453 GG Less Versus Fewer 00:14:10 2015-01-29 20:45
452 GG Why People Misuse Prepositions 00:20:24 2015-01-22 23:00
451 GG Impossible Participals 00:15:44 2015-01-15 23:00
450 GG Is Sign Language Universal? 00:34:08 2015-01-08 23:00
449 GG Double Possessives 00:12:34 2015-01-01 23:00
448 GG How Our Brains Process Hyperbole 00:13:08 2014-12-25 23:00
447 GG Weird Ideas About Paragraph Length 00:17:43 2014-12-18 23:00
446 GG Why Don't People Say "Thou" Anymore 00:12:03 2014-12-12 00:00
445 GG Why Do People Say "Like" All the Time? 00:16:42 2014-12-04 23:00
444 GG Between You and Me 00:12:53 2014-11-27 23:00
443 GG Done Versus Finished 00:12:15 2014-11-20 23:00
442 GG Make Me a Sandwich 00:13:51 2014-11-13 23:00
441 GG Mic or Mike? Simple or Simplistic? Uppercase and Lowercase 00:13:19 2014-11-06 23:00
440 GG How to Plan a Novel 00:14:00 2014-10-30 22:00
439 GG Texting, Coffins, and Death 00:13:01 2014-10-23 23:00
438 GG Why Do People Say Punctuation Out Loud? 00:23:12 2014-10-16 23:00
437 GG What’s the difference between England, Great Britain, and the UK? 00:07:32 2014-10-09 23:00
436 GG Why People Have Always Been Confused About Apostrophes 00:15:08 2014-10-02 23:00
435 GG We Might Could Harvest the Corn 00:16:03 2014-09-25 23:00
434 GG Ya Shank: The Made-Up Swear Words of 'The Maze Runner' 00:11:39 2014-09-18 23:00
433 GG Why People Mix Up the Pronouns "Me" and "I" 00:14:19 2014-09-11 23:00
432 GG When to Use a Comma Before 'Because' 00:27:19 2014-09-04 23:00
431 GG Words That Aren't Words 00:13:45 2014-08-28 23:00
430 GG The Plural of Money. This Is Your Brain on Writing. Egregious 00:15:17 2014-08-21 23:00
429 GG How to Use the Conjunction “Nor” 00:18:12 2014-08-14 23:00
428 GG Crash Blossoms 00:13:07 2014-08-07 23:00
427 GG 7 French Food-Related Words That Became English 00:15:45 2014-07-31 23:00
426 GG A Language Lover's Trip to England 00:13:05 2014-07-24 23:15
425 GG Why Weird Al's Word Crimes Video Made Me Want to Quit 00:09:51 2014-07-17 18:45
424GG There's Something Weird About "For," "Yet," and "So" 00:10:04 2014-07-10 23:00
423 GG Is the Semicolon in TL;DR Ironic? 00:03:26 2014-07-03 18:00
422GG Manipulating Words to Make Things Funny 00:07:33 2014-06-26 23:00
421 - Part II: Why Do People Say 'A-Whole-Nother'? 00:12:45 2014-06-19 23:00
420 - Why 'A-Whole-Nother' Isn’t Like 'Ala-Frickin’-Bama' and 'Hizzouse' 00:09:03 2014-06-12 23:00
419 - Using Stick Figures to Understand First, Second, and Third Person 00:06:25 2014-06-05 23:00
Starting a Sentence with a Conjunction: Right or Wrong? Good 'Subpar' and Bad 'Subpar.' 00:10:10 2014-05-29 23:00
417 - An Unparalleled Letdown 00:03:45 2014-05-22 23:00
416GG How to Kick Your Annoying Preposition Habit 00:07:25 2014-05-15 23:00
415 - Commas Are Like People on the Subway 00:08:37 2014-05-08 23:00
414 - Luisa Zissman's Missing Apostrophe 00:09:21 2014-05-02 00:00
413 - Words Invented by Shakespeare 00:07:45 2014-04-25 01:45
412 - Can I Help Who's Next? 00:08:52 2014-04-18 03:00
411 - Addictive Versus Addicting 00:07:19 2014-04-10 17:00
410GG Just Because 00:09:04 2014-03-30 22:45
408 - Why We Don't End Sentences With "You're" 00:08:12 2014-03-21 01:15
407GG Why Canadians Don't Really Say "Aboot" 00:09:23 2014-03-14 00:45
406GG Begging the Question 00:07:04 2014-03-07 02:00
405 - Is Cash Money a Regional Expression? 00:07:40 2014-02-28 04:00
404 - Why "Substitute" Is Weird 00:09:12 2014-02-28 00:15
403 - Preventative and Orientate 00:05:47 2014-02-23 00:15
402 - Little Bunny Foo Foo 00:10:27 2014-02-21 06:15
401 - How Clipping Creates New Words 00:06:29 2014-02-14 03:15
400 - How Reading Tickles Your Neurons 00:05:57 2014-02-09 18:45
399 - Your Brain on Fiction 00:07:33 2014-02-07 05:30
071 Units Of Measure 00:06:33 2014-01-30 17:00
398GG Why Some Band Names Take "The" and Some Don't 00:09:54 2014-01-24 03:30
397 - Secrets of Bestselling Novels 00:08:56 2014-01-16 23:00
396 GG Tenterhooks or Tenderhooks? 00:04:26 2014-01-10 01:15
192 Do I Hate Your Singing or You Singing? 00:05:40 2014-01-02 19:00
395 GG How to Use Quotation Marks 00:09:18 2013-12-25 00:15
394GG Hashtag Rap 00:08:53 2013-12-17 20:15
393 GG Nonsense Syllables 00:07:59 2013-12-13 06:15
392 GG Orangehead 00:07:42 2013-12-06 04:30
251 - What Is a Gerund? 00:07:18 2013-11-28 19:00
391 GG Scrabble Words 00:07:25 2013-11-22 04:00
390 - Passive Voice 00:06:13 2013-11-15 03:30
389 GG English Plurals: Wugs and Blicks 00:08:27 2013-11-07 23:45
388 GG Style Sheets 00:07:07 2013-10-23 03:00
387 GG "Because" as a Preposition 00:12:05 2013-10-15 01:30
386 - Negation in Night Vale 00:11:46 2013-10-11 01:30
117 - Biweekly Versus Semiweekly 00:03:57 2013-10-03 19:00
385 - Irony 00:09:20 2013-09-27 02:00
384 - Homophones 00:08:24 2013-09-19 18:45
383 GG Could Care Less 00:11:17 2013-09-12 22:15
50 GG Like Versus As 00:06:32 2013-09-05 19:30
381 GG Prepositions 00:09:30 2013-08-30 03:00
380 GG Participles and Gerunds 00:09:09 2013-08-23 01:30
379 GG Apostrophes in Science Fiction and Fantasy Names 00:07:25 2013-08-16 01:45
378 GG Apostrophes and Plurals 00:09:10 2013-08-09 05:00
377 GG Royal "We" 00:07:56 2013-08-02 05:15
376 GG Why Do We Have Both A and An? 00:09:20 2013-07-19 04:30
375 GG What Is It Called When You Mishear Song Lyrics? 00:10:20 2013-07-11 23:00
374 GG Rebracketing 00:08:20 2013-07-05 06:45
372 GG Retronyms 00:08:05 2013-06-21 06:45
371 GG Commma Splice 00:11:55 2013-06-14 06:45
370 GG Why Isn't "Gruntled" A Word? 00:08:20 2013-06-07 06:45
369 GG Why Does "I" Take Plural Verbs? 00:09:50 2013-05-31 06:45
368 GG Hyphens 00:10:05 2013-05-24 06:45
367 GG The Old Editor Says 00:10:55 2013-05-17 06:45
366 GG How Texting Is Changing English 00:11:05 2013-05-10 06:45
285 GG "Moot" Versus "Mute" 00:04:17 2013-05-03 06:45
365 GG The Language of Crime 00:07:10 2013-04-26 06:45
364 GG Why Would Anyone Use "The Chicago Manual of Style"? 00:06:30 2013-04-19 06:45
363 GG Writing Flashbacks 00:10:35 2013-04-12 06:45
362 GG Why Are Some Portmanteaus So Awful? 00:06:20 2013-04-05 06:45
361 GG Is That a Wool Sweater or a Woolen Sweater? 00:08:10 2013-03-29 05:45
051 GG I'm Good 00:07:18 2013-03-22 05:45
360 GG Will himself be on the pig's back this St. Patrick's Day? 00:06:47 2013-03-15 05:45
359 GG Do You Tell People to Pound Sand or Pound Salt? 00:06:59 2013-03-08 05:45
358 GG "Only": The Most Insidious Misplaced Modifier 00:08:49 2013-03-01 05:45
357 GG Why the Plural of "Die" Is "Dice," not "Douse." 00:09:08 2013-02-22 05:45
356 GG Where Do I Use Commas? 00:08:56 2013-02-15 05:45
355 GG Subject Object 00:07:38 2013-02-08 05:45
354 GG Starting a Sentence with "However": Right or Wrong? 00:10:10 2013-02-01 05:45
353 GG Can Apple Get Away with "Funness"? 00:09:10 2013-01-25 05:45
352 GG How to Create and Use Figures of Speech Pt.1 00:09:20 2013-01-18 05:45
351 GG Pronouns: Is a Company a "Who" or a "That"? 00:06:56 2013-01-11 05:45
350 GG "Who" Versus "That" 00:07:07 2013-01-04 05:45
349 GG A Word Lover's Highlights of 2012 00:10:19 2012-12-28 05:45
348 GG How Webster's Screwed Up 00:09:01 2012-12-21 05:45
347 GG How to Use a Hyphen 00:11:04 2012-12-14 05:45
346 GG Tuxedo Verbs 00:09:15 2012-12-07 05:45
342 GG Writing for Dyslexic Readers 00:08:21 2012-11-09 05:45
341 GG Google Ngram and "Impact" as a Verb 00:08:36 2012-11-02 05:45
151 GG Just Say No to Drugs 00:03:02 2012-10-12 06:45
142 GG When Are Double Words OK? 00:07:20 2012-09-28 06:45
334 GG Using Present Tense in a Story About the Past 00:08:37 2012-08-31 06:45
333 GG When Is W a Vowel 00:09:42 2012-08-24 06:45
332 GG How Do You Tell If Something Is True? 00:12:52 2012-08-10 06:45
331 GG "Pet" or "Petted"? Troublesome Past Tenses 00:09:16 2012-08-03 06:45
330 GG The Rules of Story 00:10:36 2012-07-27 06:45
329 GG "Versus" 00:08:31 2012-07-20 06:45
328 GG "Decimate" and "All Right" 00:07:29 2012-07-13 06:45
327 GG "Dilemma" and "Gone Missing" 00:06:19 2012-07-06 06:45
326 GG "Jealousy" Versus "Envy" 00:04:55 2012-06-29 06:45
325 GG So You Think You Can Edit? 00:07:53 2012-06-22 06:45
324 GG When Bad Grammar Means Good Fiction 00:07:27 2012-06-08 06:45
323 GG How to Write Numbers 00:07:57 2012-06-01 06:45
133 GG A Historic Podcast 00:05:14 2012-05-18 06:45
320 GG You Have No Idea How Weird "Do" Is 00:08:21 2012-05-04 06:45
318 GG Dashes, Colons, and Commas 00:06:11 2012-04-20 06:45
317 GG What Does "Proper English" Mean? 00:10:50 2012-04-13 06:45
316 GG Sentence Fragments 00:06:28 2012-04-06 06:45
315 GG Possessives 00:08:24 2012-03-30 06:45
314 GG Mary Sue 00:06:39 2012-03-23 05:45
'Bring,' 'Take,' and 'Carry.' The Queen's Gambit. Sweepy Thing. 00:07:22 2012-03-16 05:45
312 GG This NGD story is "all right." 00:06:27 2012-03-02 05:45
799 - What 'Whence' Has to Do with 'Where Are You At?' 'Regime' or 'Regimen'? 00:07:19 2012-02-24 05:45
309 GG Why Do Kids Say "Versing"? 00:08:19 2012-02-17 05:45
308 GG Should We Abandon Standard Spelling? 00:08:41 2012-02-10 05:45
310 GG Stationary, Stationery, Complement, and Compliment 00:04:02 2012-02-03 05:45
111 GG Everybody Wants Some 00:06:44 2012-01-27 06:45
306 GG "The Night Circus": Well Done Second Person Narrative 00:08:59 2012-01-13 05:45
305 GG Where Did the @ Symbol Come From? 00:06:33 2012-01-06 05:45
304 GG Should You Point Out Errors? 00:07:09 2011-12-30 05:45
030 GG Sentence Fragments 00:06:30 2011-12-23 05:45
200 "Who" Versus "Whom," Advanced 10:00:00 2011-12-11 19:00
302 GG Passive Voice 00:06:46 2011-12-09 05:45
301 GG Active Voice 00:08:58 2011-12-02 05:45
300 GG Christmas Carol Grammar 00:07:22 2011-11-25 05:45
299 GG Ten Tips to Banish Typos 00:08:14 2011-11-18 05:45
298 GG Color Your Readers' Imagination with Words 00:08:26 2011-11-04 05:45
297 GG How to Search a Corpus 00:09:18 2011-10-28 06:45
029 GG "They" as a Singular Pronoun 00:07:42 2011-10-21 06:45
294 GG Do You Resent Your Editor? 00:08:37 2011-10-07 06:45
293 When to Capitalize Seasons 00:10:00 2011-09-29 17:45
292 Overcoming Writer’s Block 10:00:00 2011-09-23 18:15
085 Metaphors and Similes 10:00:00 2011-09-01 17:45
288 Compound Nouns 10:00:00 2011-08-08 18:15
Is "Milk and Cookies" One Thing or Two? A New Language Term: The Santaback. Shoedabakers. 10:00:00 2011-08-05 18:15
284 Who Says “Fun” Can’t Be an Adjective? 10:00:00 2011-07-14 18:15
283 Did Oxford Drop the Oxford Comma? 00:08:20 2011-07-08 17:45
282 "Each Other" Versus "One Another" 00:07:19 2011-07-01 20:45
280 Whoever or Whomever? 00:08:00 2011-06-16 20:45
279 Capitalizing Titles 00:08:20 2011-06-09 20:45
275 Camel Case 00:06:44 2011-05-12 18:15
274 Double Subjects 10:00:00 2011-05-05 18:15
273 "A Hold" or "Ahold"? 10:00:00 2011-04-28 16:00
272 Do You Capitalize “God”? 00:08:20 2011-04-21 19:00
270 Commas With Participial Phrases 10:00:00 2011-04-07 19:00
800 What Did You Step On? And Is That a Desert or a Dessert? 00:09:02 2011-03-31 17:45
268 Mixing Verb Tenses 10:00:00 2011-03-24 18:00
267 How to Speak English Like the Irish 00:08:20 2011-03-17 19:45
264 Punctuating Questions 00:09:08 2011-02-24 19:45
263 How to Write Grammatically Correct Photo Captions 00:08:20 2011-02-17 18:15
262 Commas with Adjectives 10:00:00 2011-02-10 17:45
260 Contractions 10:00:00 2011-01-27 19:00
259 First, Second, and Third Person 10:00:00 2011-01-20 17:45
258 How to Write Dialogue 00:08:20 2011-01-13 20:45
257 Should You Ever Put a Space Before a Period? 10:00:00 2011-01-13 18:15
256 Serial Comma 10:00:00 2010-12-30 17:45
253 "Desert" Versus "Dessert" 10:00:00 2010-12-10 18:15
252 What Is Plagiarism? 10:00:00 2010-12-02 17:45
250 "Foreword" Versus "Forward" 10:00:00 2010-11-19 19:00
249 What Is a 'Crony'? Why Doesn’t 'Veterans Day' Have an Apostrophe? 10:00:00 2010-11-10 18:15
248 How to Write a Better Resume 10:00:00 2010-11-04 16:45
246 Show, Don’t Tell 10:00:00 2010-10-28 17:45
245 "Talk With" versus "Talk To" 00:07:19 2010-10-22 20:45
243 "Think Different" or "Think Differently" 10:00:00 2010-10-07 18:15
242 "Like" Versus "Such As" 00:09:20 2010-09-30 20:45
240 Do All Adverbs End in "-Ly"? 10:00:00 2010-09-16 19:00
239 Capitalizing Proper Nouns 00:08:20 2010-09-09 20:45
238 Is It OK to Switch Verb Tenses? 10:00:00 2010-09-02 19:00
235 Swearing 10:00:00 2010-08-12 19:00
234 Does "Until" Include the Date? 10:00:00 2010-08-05 19:00
233 Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces 10:00:00 2010-07-29 17:45
232 Active Voice Versus Passive Voice 10:00:00 2010-07-22 17:45
231 How to Write Clear Sentences 10:00:00 2010-07-15 19:00
230 When to Use Female Nouns 10:00:00 2010-07-08 18:15
229 Understanding Voice and Tone in Writing 10:00:00 2010-07-01 19:00
228 Comma Splice 00:09:20 2010-06-25 20:45
226 How to Use Transition Words 10:00:00 2010-06-17 18:15
225 Ellipses 00:08:00 2010-06-10 20:45
224 When to Use Articles Before Nouns 10:00:00 2010-06-04 19:00
222 Dashes, Parentheses, and Commas 10:00:00 2010-05-21 17:15
771 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop) 10:00:00 2010-05-13 19:00
219 "Bad" Versus "Badly" 00:08:00 2010-04-30 20:45
220 How to Eliminate Adverbs 10:00:00 2010-04-29 19:00
217 What Is Poetic License? 10:00:00 2010-04-15 19:00
215 Hey, That's Not Grammar Girl! 10:00:00 2010-04-01 18:15
213 Stacked Modifiers 10:00:00 2010-03-18 18:00
212 Daylight Saving Time 10:00:00 2010-03-11 19:00
212 Daylight Saving Time 10:00:00 2010-03-11 19:00
209 Does the Olympic Theme Song “I Believe” Have a Grammar Error? 10:00:00 2010-02-19 19:00
206 Is "I'm Loving It" Proper Grammar? 10:00:00 2010-01-29 19:00
205 Readers Share Their Funny Errors 00:08:20 2010-01-21 20:45
203 How Do You Pronounce 2010? 10:00:00 2010-01-18 18:15
204 Is "Got" Proper English? 10:00:00 2010-01-14 19:00
202 When to Use Nor 10:00:00 2009-12-31 20:45
201 Is “Ain't” a Word? 10:00:00 2009-12-25 19:00
199 "Alternate" Versus "Alternative" 10:00:00 2009-12-05 19:00
197 "Where" Versus "In Which" 10:00:00 2009-11-19 19:00
196 Adverbs Ending in -ly 10:00:00 2009-11-13 19:00
194 How to Use Italics 00:06:44 2009-10-23 20:45
193 "Diffuse" Versus "Defuse" 10:00:00 2009-10-16 19:00
191 How to Write a Complaint Letter 10:00:00 2009-10-02 17:45
190 Ellipses Spurned 10:00:00 2009-09-25 19:00
188 "Comprise" Versus "Compose" 10:00:00 2009-09-18 17:45
187 Should Writers Keep a Journal? 00:07:19 2009-09-11 20:45
186 Funny Misplaced Modifiers 10:00:00 2009-09-04 19:00
185 When Should You Capitalize Titles? 00:06:10 2009-08-28 18:30
183 Verbs Sandwiched Between Singular and Plural Nouns 10:00:00 2009-08-14 17:45
184 When Should You Capitalize Words? 00:08:00 2009-08-01 20:45
181 How Many Spaces After A Period? 00:09:20 2009-07-30 20:45
176 What Is Subject-Complement Agreement? 10:00:00 2009-07-26 19:00
180 How to Use Parallel Construction Correctly 10:00:00 2009-07-24 19:00
119 "Shall" Versus "Will" 10:00:00 2009-07-22 18:15
179 Can You Start a Sentence with “Which”? 10:00:00 2009-07-17 19:00
178 Do Rhetorical Questions Need a Question Mark? 10:00:00 2009-07-10 19:00
174 "Myself" 00:06:44 2009-06-12 19:00
172 "All Right" Versus "Alright" 10:00:00 2009-05-29 17:45
170 Swear Words in Text 00:08:20 2009-05-15 20:45
169 Using “For” to Mean “Because” 10:00:00 2009-05-09 19:00
168 Troublesome Contractions (e.g., I'd've) 10:00:00 2009-05-01 19:00
167 Dashes Versus Colons 10:00:00 2009-04-23 19:00
166 Strunk and White 10:00:00 2009-04-17 17:45
165 Abbreviations, Acronyms, & Initialisms 00:08:00 2009-04-10 20:45
182 Are You Annoyingly Redundant? 10:00:00 2009-04-07 19:00
182 Are You Annoyingly Redundant? 10:00:00 2009-04-07 19:00
164 "One" Versus "You" 10:00:00 2009-04-03 19:00
177 Why Are British English and American English Different? 10:00:00 2009-04-03 17:45
162 How to Write a Great Blog Comment 10:00:00 2009-03-20 16:45
161 "Use" Versus "Utilize" 10:00:00 2009-03-13 17:15
158 "Flammable" Versus "Inflammable" 10:00:00 2009-02-20 19:00
157 GG When to Use a Comma with “Too” 00:04:01 2009-02-13 17:00
156 What is the plural of scissors 10:00:00 2009-02-06 17:45
155 What to Call People With Disabilities. 10:00:00 2009-01-30 19:00
153 Do You Overuse "Of"? 10:00:00 2009-01-16 19:00
150 How to Podcast a Book 10:00:00 2008-12-26 18:15
148 How to Write Your First Novel 10:00:00 2008-12-12 17:45
012 Wordiness And Idioms 10:00:00 2008-11-21 19:00
146 Mixed Metaphors 10:00:00 2008-11-13 18:15
144 Concrete Versus Cement 10:00:00 2008-11-07 18:15
141 Appositives 10:00:00 2008-10-17 19:00
140 Modifying Phrases at the Beginning of Sentences 10:00:00 2008-10-10 19:00
139 Is "Data" Singular or Plural? 00:09:20 2008-10-03 20:45
136 Complex-Compound Sentences 10:00:00 2008-09-19 19:00
131 Collective Nouns 10:00:00 2008-09-02 19:00
129 Assure Versus Ensure Versus Insure 10:00:00 2008-08-25 20:45
127 Begs the Question 10:00:00 2008-08-19 18:15
126 - Through, Threw, and Thru 10:00:00 2008-08-14 19:00
125 Comparatives Versus Superlatives 10:00:00 2008-08-12 19:00
124 Better Versus Best 10:00:00 2008-08-08 19:00
122 Is "Have Got" Acceptable English? 10:00:00 2008-08-01 19:00
120 He Said, She Said 10:00:00 2008-07-25 19:00
118 Writing Accents and Dialects 10:00:00 2008-07-18 19:00
123 How to Avoid Clichés 10:00:00 2008-07-15 18:15
116 "Than I" Versus "Than Me" 00:07:19 2008-07-10 20:45
114 Phrasal Verbs 10:00:00 2008-07-04 19:00
113 Writing with Slang 10:00:00 2008-06-27 20:15
110 When to Leave Out "That" 10:00:00 2008-06-06 19:00
108 Whose for Inanimate Objects 00:06:30 2008-05-23 18:15
107 Graduated versus Graduated From 00:08:20 2008-05-15 20:45
How Long Is a Good Sentence? 'Cord' or 'Chord'? Grumple. 10:00:00 2008-04-25 19:00
101 How to Write Percents 10:00:00 2008-04-04 19:00
100 How to Write Numbers 10:00:00 2008-03-28 16:45
007 Which Versus That 10:00:00 2008-03-21 16:45
098 Who Versus Whom--Advanced 10:00:00 2008-03-07 19:00
096 May Versus Might 00:08:00 2008-02-21 20:45
095 Zeroscape Versus Xeriscape 10:00:00 2008-02-15 18:15
093 Hyphens 00:08:00 2008-01-31 20:45
091 Yo as a Pronoun 00:08:20 2008-01-10 20:45
090 Went Missing 00:06:44 2008-01-04 19:00
087 Used to Versus Use to, and Other Listener Questions 10:00:00 2007-12-07 17:45
086 Greeting Card Grammar 10:00:00 2007-11-23 19:00
084 People Versus Entities 10:00:00 2007-11-16 19:00
083 Interviewing Tips 10:00:00 2007-11-09 19:00
082 Daylight-Saving Time 10:00:00 2007-11-09 19:00
078 Formatting Hyperlinks 10:00:00 2007-10-05 19:00
078 Formatting Hyperlinks 10:00:00 2007-10-05 19:00
077 Verbification of a Noun 10:00:00 2007-09-28 19:00
076 Starting a Sentence With "Hopefully" 10:00:00 2007-09-21 19:00
073 Simplify Your Writing 10:00:00 2007-08-30 19:00
072 The The -- The Double The 10:00:00 2007-08-23 19:00
070 The Asterisk (Trust Me About Grammar, Not About Baseball) 10:00:00 2007-08-10 19:00
068 Unlawful Versus Illegal 10:00:00 2007-07-20 18:15
067 Your Versus You're 10:00:00 2007-07-20 18:15
065 Regionalisms 10:00:00 2007-06-29 19:00
064 Between You and Me 00:08:00 2007-06-26 20:45
056 Generating Story Ideas and Overcoming Writer's Block 10:00:00 2007-05-22 17:45
055 Misplaced Modifiers 10:00:00 2007-05-18 16:00
048 April Fools' Day Episode 10:00:00 2007-04-01 18:15
266 When Should You Capitalize Cocktail and Food Names? 10:00:00 2007-03-11 16:45
042 Semicolons 00:06:30 2007-02-21 20:45
036 Grammar Manners 10:00:00 2007-01-12 18:15
031 The Lord Is Come? 00:04:12 2006-12-15 19:00
024 Who Versus That 10:00:00 2006-11-04 17:45
021 Proofreading Tips 00:07:21 2006-10-20 19:00
165 Abbreviations, Acronyms, And Initialisms 10:00:00 2006-10-10 19:00
165 Abbreviations, Acronyms, And Initialisms 10:00:00 2006-10-10 19:00
Excessive Redundant Redundancies 10:00:00 2006-10-08 19:00
Excessive Redundant Redundancies 10:00:00 2006-10-08 19:00
015 Title Capitalization Rules 10:00:00 2006-09-24 19:00
11 Grammar Style Issues 10:00:00 2006-09-07 17:45
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