Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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1. 795 - Why People Use Scare Quotes. 'Dialog' or 'Dialogue'?

   Publicerades: 2020-10-29
2. 794 - Create Characters as Great as Hamlet. How to Format Internal Dialogue

   Publicerades: 2020-10-22
3. 793 - Why Journalists Use Misspellings Like 'Lede' and 'Spox'

   Publicerades: 2020-10-15
4. 792 - A Totally, Like, Bitchin' Podcast About 'Like'

   Publicerades: 2020-10-08
5. 791 - 'Although' Versus 'While.' Why We Write with Cliches (and How to Stop)

   Publicerades: 2020-10-01
6. 790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'

   Publicerades: 2020-09-24
7. 789 - How to Make Your Readers Laugh. 'Whoa' or 'Woah'?

   Publicerades: 2020-09-17
8. 788 - Why 'Out of Pocket' Means Both 'Inappropriate' and 'Unavailable'

   Publicerades: 2020-09-10
9. 787 - Why We Associate Political Parties with the Colors Red and Blue

   Publicerades: 2020-09-03
10. 786 - 'Doomscrolling' (OK, Doomer). 'Each Other' or 'One Another'?

    Publicerades: 2020-08-27
11. 785 - 'Gantlet' or 'Gauntlet'? Do You Want to Say 'Had Went'?

    Publicerades: 2020-08-20
12. 784 - A Historical Tip for Remembering When to Use 'Historical.' Put More Thought into Your Punctuation.

    Publicerades: 2020-08-13
13. 783 - How Hurricanes Get Their Names. When You Should Avoid Using Contractions.

    Publicerades: 2020-08-06
14. 782 - What are those dots over letters? Why does 'money' have a plural, and how do you spell it?

    Publicerades: 2020-07-30
15. 781 - Blursday or Whensday? Middle Grade Versus Young Adult Fiction

    Publicerades: 2020-07-23
16. 780 - Which Comes First? Who or Where?

    Publicerades: 2020-07-16
17. 779 - How You Can Help the OED. Capitalizing 'Black.' How Playwriting Techniques Can Improve Your Writing.

    Publicerades: 2020-07-09
18. 778 - Do We Say 'Red Skies at Night, Sailor's Delight' Because of the Saharan Dust Plumes? Also, 'Yoiks!'

    Publicerades: 2020-07-02
19. 777 - How to Write Fight Scenes (and How to Get Started as a Fiction Editor)

    Publicerades: 2020-06-25
20. 776 - Why a Detective Searched for 'Clews' in a 1929 Novel. ‘Systemic’ or ‘Systematic’?

    Publicerades: 2020-06-18