Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for English

How to become a supercommunicator, with Charles Duhigg

978. Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, Charles Duhigg, as we talk...

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Big changes in Associated Press style. The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' finale was catawampus. Bappy

977. This week, we cover the latest AP Stylebook updates that were just revealed at the ACES...

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Pet-Speak: From Meowlogisms to Zoomies. 'Imply' or 'Infer'?

976. How have our pets influenced the way we use language? This week, we dive into the...

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• 10 días

You love to read. Could you narrate?

975. This week, I learned all about audiobook narration from David H. Lawrence XVII, who is...

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• 17 días

Memory, Aging, and the Lingering 'Anyways'

974. How does aging affect our ability to understand language? From the challenges of processing...

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• 24 días

A nuclear win at the Oscars. CamelCase. One clo.

973. "Oppenheimer" leads us to wonder about the "nucular" pronunciation of "nuclear." And why do...

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From grunts to grammar. The Irish 'after doing.' The winning NGD poem!

972. How did humans evolve from grunting ape-like ancestors to masters of language and poetry?...

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Where did our language start?

971. Linguists have traced modern languages like English and Sanskrit back over thousands of...

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'Addictive' or 'addicting'? Types of nouns. Folley

970. We answer a listener question about the difference between "addictive" and "addicting," and...

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Tracing the origins of Miami's new English. Why it's not a 'gumballs' machine. Embassy Sweets.

969. From "wolkenkratzer" in German to "flea market" in English, direct translations called...

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Taylor Swift Doesn't Need Your Grammatical Approval. In Love. Foil Lump Surprise.

968. This week, I expand on my comments for the New York Times about Taylor Swift's grammatically...

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'A' versus 'an.' 'Larruping' rides again. Euonyms. Flavoring.

967. Should you say "a honor" or "an honor"? It's trickier than you think! We explore why...

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From 'hwhat' to 'what': Tracing a letter's disappearing act. Barkhouse.

966. We explore the rise and fall of the letter H: Debates over its name ("haitch" or "aitch"?)...

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The listener show! (canceled, think, lettuce, funnily, episode numbers, at about, mangos, musgos)

964. It's a listener question extravaganza! I answer your questions about "canceled," "another...

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Technology changes how we write. Who was the first Goody Two Shoes?

964. From Nietzsche's writing ball to word processors and beyond, we look at how technology can...

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More than fluff: Understanding 'needless' words. Larruping. Chicken surprise.

963. Strunk and White said to omit needless words, but sometimes "redundant" words can serve a...

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The psychology (and language) of time. Commas are like people on the subway. Fox chores.

962. We explore why phrases like "time flies" and "fast approaching" reveal deeper perspectives...

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Why English has silent letters. Dayjamas.

960. Some English letters are seen but not heard. In fact, more than half the letters in our...

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A rizzy word-of-the-year chat (with Jess Zafarris)

BONUS. Prompting, hallucinating, and more! Jess Zafarris, author of "Words from Hell," joins me...

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• 4 meses

The special sauce of human language. Gotten. NATO alphabet. A1 sauce.

959. Learn why human language goes beyond basic communication to allow spontaneous creativity,...

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