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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for English

Pretending to Be British. How to Use Ellipses. Spiders.

|HOST: Mignon Fogarty |VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) |Grammar Girl is part of the...

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Shibboleth. Greeting Card Grammar. Bunkaree.

Does your group use shibboleths? Plus, I'll help you avoid common embarrassing greeting card...

11:44

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How to Use a Semicolon, Amirite? Partu.

Amirite? You have the tickets, don't you? Today we talk about those tiny questions at the end of...

13:29

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Penultimate. Veni, Vidi, Vici. Smidge.

In this week's podcast, we discuss why you should never call your girlfriend your penultimate...

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New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.

WWII was a rich source of new words for the English language. Before the 1940s, you couldn't tell...

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Editing an Anthology: 'Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed'

Today, I talked with Saraciea Fennell, who works in publishing, is behind the Bronx Book...

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Is That a Tombstone, Gravestone, or Headstone? Why Is the Sound of a Human Scream So Terrifying?

The words tombstone and gravestone used to refer to large stone slabs that served as a lid for a...

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Using Present Tense in a Story About the Past. Beck and Call. Tie-Dye Trees.

Have you noticed people switching to the present tense when they're telling stories? It actually...

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The Hedonometer and Your Feelings. Why 'Chiropractic' Is Singular.

Researchers and companies are harnessing computers to identify the emotions behind our written...

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How Do You Pronounce 'Tomato'? Why Is 'Chiropractic' Singular. Fish.

In the world of great debates, there is one that has been long enduring and still keeps language...

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The Power of Very Specific Words, with Joel Schwartzberg

The author of "The Language of Leadership," Joel Schwartzberg, explains how you can make small...

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How to Really Talk Like a Pirate. When Do You Need a Comma Before 'Because'?

Based on the history of who was sailing the high seas, it's a good bet pirates sounded a lot more...

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Why and When 'Very Unique' Is Wrong. Capitalizing 'Delta Variant' (or Not). Happy to You.

Instead of grinding your teeth about "very unique," pat yourself on the back for recognizing a...

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Naked Idioms. Short-Lived. Capitalizing Earth. Hector Protector.

We naked apes have been making up sayings with the word "naked" for a long time. Plus, we talk...

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The Origin of 'Honeymoon.' 'Where' Versus 'In Which.' Fevesteter.

What does getting married have to do with honey and the moon? What is tricky about the word...

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Weird Words for Alcohol. Starting a Sentence with 'However.'

What does "Dutch courage" mean? And 10 other weird words for alcohol. Plus, the special thing you...

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How Storytelling Makes a Difference (and How to Do It Well)

As much as we'd like to believe that people are convinced by facts, years of cognitive research...

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What's the Opposite of Deja Vu? Commas Between Adjectives

You know about deja vu, but do you know about jemais vu, presque vu, deja lu, deja entendu, and...

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The Best Stories from 15 Years of Grammar Girl

We've gone through a lot of stories and tips in 15 years—more than a thousand. Today, I picked a...

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