Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, frien
1038. Chicago Manual of Style editors Mary Laur and Russell Harper dish on the changes they wanted i
1037. This week, we answer a few questions that have popped up from previous episodes: What's up wit
1036. Erin McKean runs an entire online dictionary with the goal of having ALL the English words. Bu
1035. This week, we look at famous and amazing first sentences in novels to understand what makes th
1034. First, we look at how writers should use trademarked terms like "Kleenex" and "Google," includ
1033. Last year, Dragonfly Editorial had a "no AI" policy, but since then, they've been experimentin
1032. First, we explore why children pick up languages faster than adults. You’ll learn about the cr
1031. This week, Fiona McPherson from the Oxford English Dictionary talks about the latest “beer” wo
1030. This week, we look at why "hang" has two past-tense forms: "hanged" and "hung." (And why I kee
1029. This week, I talk with Jennifer Lynn Barnes, author of the bestselling "Inheritance Games" ser
1028. This week, we look at the weird situation when you want to add a suffix (such as "-less") to a
1027. This week, I talk with forensic linguist Natalie Schilling about how people's language gives t
1026. This week, we look at the origins of words for men, including the ancient roots of "man," the
1025. Have you ever wondered where meeting terms like “quorum” or “proxy” come from? In this episode
1024. It often sounds weird if you try to end a sentence with a contraction like "you're" and "I'm."
1023. I felt like I could write anything after this discussion with Anne Lamott about painful first
1022. This week, we look at election terms like “president-elect” and “lame duck” and how they're us
1021. This week, Christopher Penn talks about the role of AI tools like ChatGPT in writing and edit
1020. This week, we shed light on quirky restaurant slang like “kill it” and “Chef Mike.” Then, we t
1019. This week, Jonathan Small, author of "Write About Now," shares what he's learned about the com
