Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, frien
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We use a children's book and a Shakespeare play to talk about "borrow" and "lend," and then we help
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A vast number of words have surprising origins. We talked about some today with author Ralph Keyes,
Did you know that in the book "Gone with the Wind," Rhett Butler said "My dear..." instead of "Frank
Instead of bewaring the ides of March, I'm going to beware engaging with the Roman calendar. What a
Have you ever wondered WHY we celebrate National Grammar Day? Who started this thing anyway? And if
The origin of "kibosh" is a long-standing mystery in the English language. Yiddish? A whip? Clog-mak
Coin a phrase? It does not mean what you think it means. And get your dose (or dosage?) right. Subsc
Would words and phrases like "operative" and "pump him for information" be out of place in a novel s
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If you're enjoying sea shanties these days, have you wondered why they're called "shanties"? Plus, I
Why writing fanfiction can make you a better overall writer. Plus, my tricks for figuring out tricky
"Acedia": the lost name for the emotion we're all feeling right now. Plus, when does "thank you" nee
Are Americans ruining the put-down "You've got another think coming," or was it the British band Jud
It's the Oscars of the language world: word-of-the-year data analysis and voting! A spirited convers
Brandon shares funny stories about character and place names gone wrong, his writing struggles, and
More people get the phrase "just deserts" wrong than get it right, but we're here to help! Also, why
Here's why you can ignore zombie rules and why it's actually better to write "What did you step on?"
