Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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1. Do words like 'mandate' and 'cockamamie' come from words for men? Grammatical doppelgangers. A pair of teeth.

   Publicerades: 2024-09-17
2. What fiction writers know about avoiding stereotypes, with Alex Temblador

   Publicerades: 2024-09-12
3. 'Tea' or 'chai'? Why we misspeak. Fellatone.

   Publicerades: 2024-09-10
4. The language of liars. 'Legendary,' 'famous,' or 'notorious'? Fish shapes.

   Publicerades: 2024-09-03
5. Cat Idioms. 'Summerween' and other blends. Bankery

   Publicerades: 2024-08-27
6. Apostrophes have always been confusing. 'First' or 'firstly'? Trudy!

   Publicerades: 2024-08-20
7. When to use 'the' before a noun. Why rhymes help us remember. Opening a lime.

   Publicerades: 2024-08-13
8. Why singers lose their accents. Why the 'I before E' rule is weird.

   Publicerades: 2024-08-06
9. Why 'I' takes plural verbs. Making names that end in S, like Harris and Biles, possessive. Marinate.

   Publicerades: 2024-07-30
10. A brief history of English (aka when they spoke French in England). Killer death meat.

    Publicerades: 2024-07-23
11. The power of words: Conscious language, with Karen Yin

    Publicerades: 2024-07-18
12. How to write about zero. Are your emails accidentally rude? PAPST.

    Publicerades: 2024-07-16
13. AI: Friend or foe? A conversation with Martha Brockenbrough

    Publicerades: 2024-07-11
14. The unspoken rules of adjectives. The rise of 'yeah-nah.' Sundies

    Publicerades: 2024-07-09
15. Grammar Girl at 1000: Words, wisdom, and a dash of whimsy

    Publicerades: 2024-07-04
16. The birth of American English. How to recognize a phrasal verb. Cucka-nucka.

    Publicerades: 2024-07-02
17. Buying your hometown newspaper, with Samantha & Greg Enslen

    Publicerades: 2024-06-27
18. 'Which' versus 'that.' Words for walking. Bottleadammit.

    Publicerades: 2024-06-25
19. The Hidden Stories of African American English with Dr. Sonja Lanehart

    Publicerades: 2024-06-20
20. The art of punctuation and the charm of 'kerfuffle.' Nicing.

    Publicerades: 2024-06-18