Synopsis
You'll get fun and friendly doses of writing advice in three short chunks: a Quick and Dirty Tip, a meaty middle, and a final tidbit. Grammar Girl covers everything from punctuation and grammar to style and voice. QuickandDirtyTips.com
Episodes
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![370 GG Why Isnt Gruntled A Word?]()
370 GG Why Isn't "Gruntled" A Word?
07/06/2013 Duration: 06minWhy Aren't We Gruntled When We're Happy?
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![369 GG Why Does I Take Plural Verbs?]()
369 GG Why Does "I" Take Plural Verbs?
31/05/2013 Duration: 08min"I" is singular, so why do we say "I go" instead of "I goes"?
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![368 GG Hyphens]()
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![367 GG The Old Editor Says]()
367 GG The Old Editor Says
17/05/2013 Duration: 09minJohn E. McIntyre, a veteran editor at The Baltimore Sun, shares pithy editing maxims from his new book.
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![366 GG How Texting Is Changing English]()
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![285 GG Moot Versus Mute]()
285 GG "Moot" Versus "Mute"
03/05/2013 Duration: 04minMoot isn't moot, but it can mean something different in Britain and the U.S.
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![365 GG The Language of Crime]()
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![364 GG Why Would Anyone Use The Chicago Manual of Style?]()
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![363 GG Writing Flashbacks]()
363 GG Writing Flashbacks
12/04/2013 Duration: 09minHow to manage verb tense when writing flashbacks.
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![362 GG Why Are Some Portmanteaus So Awful?]()
362 GG Why Are Some Portmanteaus So Awful?
05/04/2013 Duration: 06minMy failed entries for the Clorox Ick-tionary.
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![361 GG Is That a Wool Sweater or a Woolen Sweater?]()
361 GG Is That a Wool Sweater or a Woolen Sweater?
29/03/2013 Duration: 05minWhat to do when you can use an attributive noun or an adjective.
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![051 GG Im Good]()
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![359 GG Do You Tell People to Pound Sand or Pound Salt?]()
359 GG Do You Tell People to Pound Sand or Pound Salt?
08/03/2013 Duration: 05minDeciphering crazy English idioms.
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![358 GG Only: The Most Insidious Misplaced Modifier]()
358 GG "Only": The Most Insidious Misplaced Modifier
01/03/2013 Duration: 07minHow putting the word "only" in the wrong place can confuse your readers.
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![357 GG Why the Plural of Die Is Dice, not Douse.]()
357 GG Why the Plural of "Die" Is "Dice," not "Douse."
22/02/2013 Duration: 07minFossils of language
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![356 GG Where Do I Use Commas?]()
356 GG Where Do I Use Commas?
15/02/2013 Duration: 07minAre you a comma-kaze? Do you use commas like confetti? Don't use a comma everywhere you would pause when speaking. Check out the rules.
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![355 GG Subject Object]()
355 GG Subject Object
08/02/2013 Duration: 05minWhy "I love you" is the easiest way ever to remember the difference between subject and object.
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![353 GG Can Apple Get Away with Funness?]()
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![352 GG How to Create and Use Figures of Speech Pt.1]()
352 GG How to Create and Use Figures of Speech Pt.1
18/01/2013 Duration: 08minMake your messages more vivid, more memorable, and trigger emotional responses using anaphora, antithesis, and chiasmus.
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![351 GG Pronouns: Is a Company a Who or a That?]()
351 GG Pronouns: Is a Company a "Who" or a "That"?
11/01/2013 Duration: 05minWhat pronoun should you use when referring to a company?
