Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

831 Episodes

1. 'Lit' vs. 'lighted.' The mysteries of the dollar sign. Redd up.

   Published: 4/29/2025
2. Ghostwriters, book deals, and AI: What you didn’t know about publishing, with Dan Gerstein

   Published: 4/24/2025
3. 'I.e.' versus 'e.g.' What Shakespeare actually added to English. Four schnitzels.

   Published: 4/22/2025
4. AI and the future of dictionaries, with Erin McKean

   Published: 4/17/2025
5. Better paragraph breaks. The story behind 'mad money' and 'pin money.' Bruce bad.

   Published: 4/15/2025
6. The future of editing jobs in the age of AI, with Samantha Enslen

   Published: 4/10/2025
7. How to write photo captions. The real difference between ‘immigrate’ and ‘emigrate.’ Ko Pha-ngan'd

   Published: 4/8/2025
8. The hidden techniques behind well-paced fiction, with Joshua Essoe

   Published: 4/3/2025
9. Why don't we say the L in 'walk'? Never use 'always.' PABST

   Published: 4/1/2025
10. Exploring slang, AI ghost words, and language change, with Heddwen Newton

    Published: 3/27/2025
11. What’s wrong with "'til"? Why tiny words control conversations. How many cookies?

    Published: 3/25/2025
12. The best punctuation book, period, with June Casagrande

    Published: 3/20/2025
13. Why we say ‘OK.’ How tea shaped English slang. Poetry winner

    Published: 3/18/2025
14. Behind the scenes of Wikipedia: editing, accuracy, and notability, with Jonathan Rick

    Published: 3/13/2025
15. How did our holidays become so 'corny'? Why do some words have accent marks in English? Cubby hole

    Published: 3/11/2025
16. Why kids can't read (and what we can do about it), with Kate Crist

    Published: 3/6/2025
17. The mystery of ‘it’ in English. The most dramatic moments in grammar history. Ghost Town Mad, the song

    Published: 3/4/2025
18. From 'Parasite' to 'Emilia Pérez': How movies shape language, with Andrew Cheng

    Published: 2/27/2025
19. Why Americans write 'canceled' but still write 'cancellation.' How printing history gave us 'fine print.' Fluff.

    Published: 2/25/2025
20. Writing Motivation Hacks, with Mary Robinette Kowal

    Published: 2/20/2025