Grammar Girl Quick And Dirty Tips For Better Writing

How putting the word "only" in the wrong place can confuse your readers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fossils of language Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you a comma-kaze? Do you use commas like confetti? Don't use a comma everywhere you would pause when speaking. Check out the rules. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why "I love you" is the easiest way ever to remember the difference between subject and object. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

and "renanoing"? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Make your messages more vivid, more memorable, and trigger emotional responses using anaphora, antithesis, and chiasmus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What pronoun should you use when referring to a company? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Your Dog an "It" or a "She"? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The good, the bad, and the odd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How an editor who hated the word "radical," became a radical. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn how to use properly use hyphens with compound adjectives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Use rich verbs, but don't put them in tuxedos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tricks to make make your writing more accessible to people with dyslexia and visual impairments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The updated Ngram Viewer gives new insight into word usage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Dragged" versus "drug." The Grammar Girl print book is now available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/2pkej7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are "is is" and "had had" acceptable? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The girl who sat next to me is or was? named Stephanie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A E I O U and sometimes Y, but also W? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Debunking a believable grammar hoax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some verbs are becoming strangely irregular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.