Grammar Girl Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Writing

Follow Along on the Website:'Wrong' Versus 'Wrongly'http://j.mp/1xjQN9HSubject-Verb Agreementhttp://j.mp/1xClTnMIs 'Heighth' a Word?http://j.mp/1GvnEIqVote in the Podcast Awardshttp://j.mp/1G4ixy8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow along on the website:Does E-Book Need a Hyphen?http://j.mp/1wCjVs6Can You Process These Tricky, but Grammatical, Sentences?http://j.mp/1HPgFLqThe Meaning of Minionshttp://j.mp/1Gy6wBxPlease Vote in the Podcast Awardshttp://j.mp/1G4ixy8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow Along on the WebsiteWhen "First" Is Redundanthttp://j.mp/1wtjhgTIs Starting a Sentence With So Condescending?http://j.mp/1wthqsnSynecdochehttp://j.mp/1FAUDuaWatch Grammar Girl's TEDx Talkhttp://j.mp/ggTEDx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There was a death in my family, so I don't have a show this week. I'll be back next week. If you're looking for something new to listen to while I'm away, try one of the other Quick and Dirty Tips podcasts. Some of them are listed here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grammar-girl-quick-dirty-tips/id173429229?mt=2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow along on the website:Dreamed or Dreamt?http://j.mp/1E2oQBFParkway, Driveway, and Dooryardhttp://j.mp/1zNdceiBuffalo Buffalo Buffalohttp://j.mp/1EbYdtPWatch my TEDx talk: Who Votes for New Words?http://j.mp/ggTEDx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Capitalizing Theories. Splitting Infinitives. Samuel Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow along on the website: Capitalizing Time Periods http://j.mp/1z4W6bX Less Versus Fewer http://j.mp/1yP50d4 Bee's Knees http://j.mp/1DiC0dw ---- Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop http://j.mp/1H5YiSj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow along on the website:Compliment Versus Complementhttp://j.mp/184vjlASaving Our Prepositionshttp://j.mp/1yOHBdJHow 8 Fonts Got Their Nameshttp://j.mp/1xZXLdgTry my iOS game, Grammar Pophttp://j.mp/1H5YiSj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow along on the website.Commas Before "Jr."http://j.mp/1BYaNOxImpossible Participleshttp://j.mp/1u2BXCZOnomatopoeiahttp://j.mp/1AXQQZaTry my iOS game, Grammar Pophttp://j.mp/1H5YiSj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tons of fascinating tidbits about sign language from interpreter David PeachFollow along online:http://j.mp/1EQ3dsJFind David online:http://twitter.com/dpeachhttp://learnsigns.comSponsor:http://AudiblePodcast.com/GGTry my iOS game, Grammar Pop:http://j.mp/1H5YiSj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow along on the website: Transitive Versus Intransitive Verbs http://j.mp/1AUkNaZ Double Possessives http://j.mp/1x8OVy2 Try my iOS game, Grammar Pop http://j.mp/1H5YiSj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow along on the website: Champ Versus Chomp http://j.mp/1Cp9TsZ Hyperbole http://j.mp/1HkXt6c Adulting http://j.mp/1sNOALZ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read along on the website: What Does "Xmas" Really Mean? http://bit.ly/1xkSUsL Why Don't People Say "Thou" Anymore? http://bit.ly/1sv4joy Who Says "Kitty-Corner" and Who Says "Catty-Corner" http://bit.ly/1yTXXkt Grammar Girl books make a great gift! http://bit.ly/1xkT3fC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read along on the website"Is "Boughten" a Word?http://j.mp/1tUEecuDid Valley Girls Invent "Like"?http://j.mp/12CCHlGIs German Chocolate Cake from Germany?http://j.mp/1w4pyyWLearn More About my December 12 Writing Webcasthttp://bitly.com/ggwebcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Read along on the website:Lightning versus Lighteninghttp://bit.ly/121kVb0Between You and Mehttp://bit.ly/1AnHpifHow Teddy Bears Got Their Namehttp://bit.ly/1AnH8fcSign up for my December 12 corporate webcast.http://bitly.com/ggwebcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Based on Versus Based off. Make Me a Sandwich: A Joke About Verbs. How to Pronounce Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mic or Mike? Simple or Simplistic? Uppercase and Lowercase. Visit the website: http://bit.ly/1qEiW2m Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For NaNoWriMo: How to format a character's thoughts, how to plan a novel, and the surprising newness of the novel format. Visit the website: http://bit.ly/13DNlJ8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, with Halloween in mind, I have a Quick and Dirty tip about the difference between a casket and a coffin; and an excerpt from David Crystal’s new book, Words in Time and Place, that goes through the many words we have for death and dying. Finally, I saw something shocking in a formal document a few weeks ago, so I have a tidbit about text messaging and language. Read the transcript: http://bit.ly/1sXJDC5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Vaccine" Versus "Vaccination." Syelle Graves explains why people say things such as "We never leave any soldier behind. Period," and more generally, the relationship between speech and writing. A doozy of an eighteenth-century grammar rule: Don't use "who" to refer to children. Read the transcript: http://bit.ly/1Fc7Lrk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.