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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, frien

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Total: 936

978. Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, Charles Duhigg, as we talk about

977. This week, we cover the latest AP Stylebook updates that were just revealed at the ACES confere

976. How have our pets influenced the way we use language? This week, we dive into the "cativerse" a

975. This week, I learned all about audiobook narration from David H. Lawrence XVII, who is launchin

974. How does aging affect our ability to understand language? From the challenges of processing com

973. "Oppenheimer" leads us to wonder about the "nucular" pronunciation of "nuclear." And why do peo

972. How did humans evolve from grunting ancestors to masters of language and poetry? This week, we

971. Linguists have traced modern languages like English and Sanskrit back thousands of years to a s

970. We answer a listener question about the difference between "addictive" and "addicting," and the

969. From "wolkenkratzer" in German to "flea market" in English, direct translations called calques

968. This week, I expand on my comments for the New York Times about Taylor Swift's grammatically so

967. Should you say "a honor" or "an honor"? It's trickier than you think! We explore why articles d

966. We explore the rise and fall of the letter H: Debates over its name ("haitch" or "aitch"?) and

965. It's a listener question extravaganza! I answer your questions about "canceled," "another think

964. From Nietzsche's writing ball to word processors and beyond, we look at how technology can chan

963. Strunk and White said to omit needless words, but sometimes "redundant" words can serve a meani

962. We explore why phrases like "time flies" and "fast approaching" reveal deeper perspectives on t

960. Some English letters are seen but not heard. In fact, more than half the letters in our alphabe

961. Prompting, hallucinating, and more! Jess Zafarris, author of "Words from Hell," joins me for a

959. Learn why human language goes beyond basic communication to allow spontaneous creativity, expre