Grammar Girl Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Writing

Learn how to use apostrophes by pondering a Victoria's Secret ad. Buy Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In honor of the new royal baby, more formally known as Prince George Alexander Louis, we're pondering a pompous pronoun choice known as the "royal we." Buy Grammar Girl's books at http://j.mp/allGGbooks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How English evolved to give us two indefinite articles (a and an), and the odd mix of possessive pronouns that don't quite match. Buy Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spoonerisms, Mondegreens, Malapropisms, and Eggcorns. Like the podcast? See Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to Make Weird Product Names Plural Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retronyms: Scourge of the Language or Helpful Tool? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to Avoid a Common Comma Error: The Comma Splice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why Aren't We Gruntled When We're Happy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I" is singular, so why do we say "I go" instead of "I goes"? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to Use Hyphens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John E. McIntyre, a veteran editor at The Baltimore Sun, shares pithy editing maxims from his new book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How Texting Is Changing English Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moot isn't moot, but it can mean something different in Britain and the U.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Language of Crime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Style guides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to manage verb tense when writing flashbacks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My failed entries for the Clorox Ick-tionary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What to do when you can use an attributive noun or an adjective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it OK to answer "How are you?" with "I'm good"? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deciphering crazy English idioms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.