Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Rating
4.5
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2735 reviews
This podcast has
829 episodes
Language
Explicit
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Date created
2006/07/28
Average duration
17 min.
Release period
7 days

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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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Tracing the origins of Miami's new English. Why it's not a 'gumballs' machine. Embassy Sweets.
2024/02/20
969. From "wolkenkratzer" in German to "flea market" in English, direct translations called calques show how languages borrow from each other. This week, we look at how these translations are changing English in Miami and Spanish in Louisiana. Plus, we look at the difference between "gumball machine" and "gumballs machine" and how it might explain Joe Alwyn's Tortured Man Chat.
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Taylor Swift Doesn't Need Your Grammatical Approval. In Love. Foil Lump Surprise.
2024/02/13
968. We explain why Taylor Swift's album title doesn't need an apostrophe and how the preposition "in" signals passion.
'A' versus 'an.' 'Larruping' rides again. Euonyms. Flavoring.
2024/02/06
967. Should you say "a honor" or "an honor"? It's trickier than you think! We explore why articles depend on sounds and regional variations, the difference between "thee" and "thuh," and your stories about delicious phrasings.
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From 'hwhat' to 'what': Tracing a letter's disappearing act. Barkhouse.
2024/01/30
966. We explore the rise and fall of the letter H: Debates over its name ("haitch" or "aitch"?) and why a once-prestigious pronunciation like "hwhat" now seems old-fashioned.
The listener show! (canceled, think, lettuce, funnily, episode numbers, at about, mangos, musgos)
2024/01/23
965. It's a listener question extravaganza! I answer your questions about "canceled," "another think/thing coming," zero plurals such as "fish," the way I reference verbs, episode numbers, "at about," mangos versus green peppers, and musgos.
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Technology changes how we write. Who was the first Goody Two Shoes?
2024/01/16
964. From Nietzsche's writing ball to word processors and beyond, we look at how technology can change the way people write. Plus, we unpack the origin of the phrase "Goody Two Shoes" — it didn't start out as an insult.
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More than fluff: Understanding 'needless' words. Larruping. Chicken surprise.
2024/01/09
963. Strunk and White said to omit needless words, but sometimes "redundant" words can serve a meaningful purpose. Plus, we have the story behind larruping food.
The psychology (and language) of time. Commas are like people on the subway. Fox chores.
2024/01/02
962. We explore why phrases like "time flies" and "fast approaching" reveal deeper perspectives on time — is it us moving or the event? Plus, you may think you know how to use commas, but just like people, they can be more complex than they appear at first glance.
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A rizzy word-of-the-year chat (with Jess Zafarris)
2023/12/26
961. Prompting, hallucinating, and more! Jess Zafarris, author of "Words from Hell," joins me for a word-of-the-year chat. Hang out with us as we look at how dictionaries are handling new words and meanings that have cropped up around emerging technologies in 2023.
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Why English has silent letters. Dayjamas.
2023/12/26
960. Some English letters are seen but not heard. In fact, more than half the letters in our alphabet are sometimes silent. We look at the many reasons we have these silent letters that make spelling such a challenge, but that also tell fascinating stories about the history of our language.
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The special sauce of human language. Gotten. NATO alphabet. A1 sauce.
2023/12/19
959. Learn why human language goes beyond basic communication to allow spontaneous creativity, expression of identity, and leadership in linguistic change — things animals and chatbots can't quite achieve. Plus, I answer a British listener's question about the confusing way Americans use the word "gotten."
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What's the difference between Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, Latinx, and Latine? Can something 'grow' smaller? Musko.
2023/12/12
958. We trace the history, usage, and meaning behind identifiers such as "Hispanic," "Chicano," "Latino," "Latina," "Latinx," and "Latine." Plus, we look at whether metaphors like "grow the business" and "grow smaller" are trendy jargon you should avoid or just regular figurative language.
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4.5 out of 5
2735 reviews
DLedge7105 2023/04/06
Great show!
Thank you for the free content. I especially like learning all the things I forgot from my school days. The duration of these shows are great too, not...
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Estee Ar 2023/12/09
Grammar Girl
Great information.
Pristine JJ 2023/07/23
Amazing podcast
I want to give you your flowers This podcast is amazingggggggg To gain so much knowledge in so little time is truly a blessing I appreciate everythi...
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cg12zo 2023/04/13
Grammar Girl
Great research and Mignon memorable anecdotes revitalise! Good, inspiring, really limitless! Thank you
WhipTheSandWing 2023/04/08
Incredible Grammar Advice!
I’m sure I will have a grammatical error somewhere in this review, so please bear with me! I haven’t been listening to Grammar Girl for long, but I r...
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KungFooButch 2023/04/06
GG Rules!
The Grammar Girl podcast is the best!!! I especially like the parts about how English has changed over time.
dirty crack ho from EWR 2022/08/11
I don’t know what temp you like yours…
But I like my Mignon raw! I love the show however I have one small recommendation. Can you please change the name to Get ‘em Grammar Girl?! Holla!
HawaiiThad 2023/03/07
Too many…
Sorry but there are just too many ads for me. Ads at the beginning, ads in the middle, ads at the end, it’s too much. I’ve been a listener pretty much...
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Northwoods Reader 2023/02/13
Have you seen that coffee shop commercial?
May be good tips, don’t know, can’t get past the valley girl accent to listen to this.
Bones T 2022/08/12
Great content but …
Great content but I’m unfollowing because of the number of ads.
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